Hi Peter, You don't show doing apt-get update, but I assume you do before doing anything else.
On Sunday, 29 Aug 2004 07:59, Peter wrote: > spider:~# apt-get clean > spider:~# apt-get install gcc <snip> > (Reading database ... 51758 files and directories currently > installed.) Unpacking gcc-3.3 (from > .../gcc-3.3_1%3a3.3.4-6sarge1.1_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/gcc-3.3_1%3a3.3.4-6sarge1.1_i386.deb > (--unpack): trying to overwrite > `/usr/share/doc/gcc-3.3-base/changelog.Debian.gz', which is also in > package gcc-3.3-base So the The GNU C compiler package is trying to overwrite the changelog documentation of the GNU Compiler Collection base package. Had you gone to http://bugs.debian.org and searched for gcc-3.3, you would have found that this bug is reported no less than twelve (12) times: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=268338 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=268473 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=268577 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=268581 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=268629 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=268641 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=268644 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=268645 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=268647 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=268653 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=268700 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=268769 There is also a workaround mentioned in several of the reports. Note that it is generally inadvisable to run testing -- and certainly a mixture of distributions -- unless you know how to use the tools available to you for troubleshooting. You may wish to ensure that you do not get packages from Etch once it replaces Sarge. -- Alex Nordstrom http://lx.n3.net/ Please do not CC me in followups; I am subscribed to debian-user. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
