> -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Raun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 21 March 2007 21:11 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Bug#415646: sarge > etch dist-upgrade fails, x11-common fails > overwrite /usr/X11R6/bin > > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 03:54:21PM -0400, Aaron M. Ucko wrote: > > Scott Raun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > dpkg: error processing > > > /var/cache/apt/archives/xcursor-themes_1.0.1-5_all.deb (--unpack): > > > trying to overwrite `/etc/X11/cursors/core.theme', which is also in > > > package xlibs-data > > > > Running > > > > dpkg -i --force-overwrite > /var/cache/apt/archives/xcursor-themes_1.0.1-5_all.deb > > > > should let > > > > apt-get -f install > > > > continue (though xcursor-themes already declares appropriate versioned > > Conflicts: and Replaces:, so that theoretically shouldn't have been > > necessary). > > It did. Ran for a while, then gave an error about capplets-data, which > I decide meant it was damaged - I deleted it, restarted the apt-get -f > install, and it ran for quite a while longer. > > Now I'm at: > > updmap-sys failed. Output has been stored in: > /tmp/tetex.updmap.tTOp7688 > Please include this file if you report a bug. > dpkg: error processing tetex-bin (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > emacs-install emacs21 > install/dictionaries-common: Byte-compiling for emacsen flavour emacs21 > emacs21: error while loading shared libraries: libXaw3d.so.6: cannot > open shared object file: No such file or directory > install/emacs-goodies-el: Handling emacs21, logged in > /tmp/elc_YSzzao.log > emacs-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/emacs-goodies-el > emacs21 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-install line 28, <TSORT> > line 4. > dpkg: error processing emacs21 (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127 > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tetex-extra: > tetex-extra depends on tetex-bin (>= 2.99); however: > Package tetex-bin is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing tetex-extra (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Errors were encountered while processing: > emacs21 > tetex-bin > tetex-extra
you could try purging the problem packages and anything that depends on them then reinstalling those packages.
