Re: apt-get / overwriting common files

1999-09-15 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --force-overwrite, but it is still annoying. How can I configure apt so that > it can resolve such issues itself? Or is it a bug in the package? The relevent APT option is dpkg::options {"--force-overwrite";}; in /etc/apt/apt.conf using a 0.3.x ve

Re: apt-get / overwriting common files -- Disregard

1999-09-15 Thread lexchive
On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 01:45:36PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am running potato and im doing upgrade quite often. Regularly I get this > kind of message when doing apt-get dist-upgrade: > > Preparing to replace dpkg 1.4.1.6 (using .../archives/dpkg_1.4.1.8_i386.deb) > ... > Unpacking repl

Re: apt-get / overwriting common files

1999-09-15 Thread Mirek Kwasniak
On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 01:45:36PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I am running potato and im doing upgrade quite often. Regularly I get this > kind of message when doing apt-get dist-upgrade: > > Preparing to replace dpkg 1.4.1.6 (using .../archives/dpkg_1.4.1.8_i386.deb) > ... > Unpac

apt-get / overwriting common files

1999-09-15 Thread lexchive
Hi, I am running potato and im doing upgrade quite often. Regularly I get this kind of message when doing apt-get dist-upgrade: Preparing to replace dpkg 1.4.1.6 (using .../archives/dpkg_1.4.1.8_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement dpkg ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.4.1