[ Please stop top-posting. ] On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 14:16:11 -0000, Adam wrote: > Hi, > > That doesn't work either, everything I do first tries to upgrade > debianutils, which fails on this passwd package the same way. > Originally I was attempting to upgrade the kernel when I got this > error. > > (Reading database ... 38049 files and directories currently > installed.) > Preparing to replace debianutils 2.8.4 (using .../debianutils_2.21_i386.deb) > ... > Unpacking replacement debianutils ... > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/debianutils_2.21_i386.deb > (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/sbin/add-shell', which is also in package passwd > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/debianutils_2.21_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > # cat /etc/debian_version > lenny/sid
[...] > > > # uname -a > > > Linux xena 2.6.7-1-386 #1 Thu Jul 8 05:08:04 EDT 2004 i686 GNU/Linux It seems like you want to upgrade from Sarge to Lenny in one fell swoop, skipping Etch. I would go to Etch first, after reading the release notes carefully. Otherwise you are in for a memorable, but possibly unpleasant, learning experience. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
