Hi Bill, On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 11:31:32PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > When xlbiff is installed, upgrading x11-common from sarge to etch > fails with
> Unpacking x11-common (from .../x11-common_1%3a7.1.0-5_i386.deb) ... > rmdir: `/usr/X11R6/bin': Directory not empty > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.1.0-5_i386.deb (--unpack): > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.1.0-5_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > The Sarge package xlbiff includes the file /usr/X11R6/bin/xlbiff The xlbiff package in sarge is at version 4.1-1, and x11-common in etch already has a conflicts: with xlbiff (<= 4.1-1.1). Do you have any idea what's missing here? Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
