On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 08:46:47PM +1100, Craig Small wrote: > Package: xlibs > Version: 4.2.1-4 > Severity: important > > Doing a large upgrade of my system and get this: > Preparing to replace xlibs 4.1.0-14 (using .../xlibs_4.2.1-4_i386.deb) > ... > Unpacking replacement xlibs ... > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.2.1-4_i386.deb > (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in > package groff > > It also complained about xmix but I deleted that package. I'm not sure > what packages are at fault but it basically means some manual download > and installs to get it fixed. groff is 1.15-3 > > Actually dpkg -i --force-overwrite did it.
Yes, groff 1.15-3 is pretty old.
groff (1.15-3) frozen unstable; urgency=high
* mm and mse macros were missing (thanx to Daniel Quinlan to make me
discover this grave bug); closes: #55428.
* corrected wrong .so request in macro mse
-- Fabrizio Polacco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 17 Jan 2000 15:25:06 +0200
Is that the version that shipped in woody? If not, it's not worth the trouble
to add all the possible versioned replaces and conflicts this would require.
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