On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:30:37PM -0500, JoeHill <joeh...@teksavvy.com> was heard to say: > Daniel Burrows wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 09:18:55PM -0500, JoeHill <joeh...@teksavvy.com> was > > heard to say: > > > dpkg: error > > > processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libsox-fmt-base_14.2.0-1_i386.deb > > > (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/sox/libsox_fmt_sndfile.so', > > > which > > > is also in package libsox-fmt-sndfile > > > > That's your bug. It looks like the old libsox-fmt-sndfile (which > > seems to have been removed from the archive) conflicts with > > libsox-fmt-base. I'd suggest just removing it by hand with dpkg > > (aptitude was going to remove it anyway), and then filing a bug on > > libsox-fmt-sndbase, severity serious or greater: it should conflict > > with and replace libsox-fmt-sndfile (IMO). > > Looks like just removing it worked like you said. As far as filing the bug, > I'm > assuming you mean filing one with the Debian packager? Or do you mean with the > developer?
Yeah, I mean the Debian package. It needs to pass some extra hints to the package manager for upgrades to work cleanly. In fact, it looks like someone *tried* to do this with a "Replaces: libsox-fmt-libsndfile", but the actual package name is "libsox-fmt-sndfile", so that Replaces has no effect. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
