On 2010-02-02 15:30 +0100, recvfrom@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm using a mixed system so that I could support
> libapache-mod-security. This was all working fine for some time, but
> now an 'apt-get upgrade' results in:
>
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/coreutils_7.4-2_i386.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/arch.1.gz', which is also in
> package util-linux
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/coreutils_7.4-2_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Looks like a missing "Replaces: util-linux (<< [whatever-version])" in
coreutils that nobody noticed so far. Note that mixing packages from
oldstable and testing is generally unsupported.
> Can anyone point in the right direction to correct this?
Upgrading util-linux to the Lenny version (or higher) first should avoid
this. If you don't want to do that and are reckless enough,
should also work. Be sure to understand the consequences of the
"--force-overwrite" option.
> My /etc/apt/preferences:
>
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=stable
> Pin-Priority: 700
>
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=testing
> Pin-Priority: 650
>
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=unstable
> Pin-Priority: 600
>
> My /etc/apt/sources.list:
>
> deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main
> deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian etch main
>
> #Testing
> deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing main
> #Unstable
> deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main
This is missing an important point: Etch is no longer stable, for almost
a year Lenny has been. You should really upgrade to Lenny if you want
to use packages from testing/unstable, installing them on Etch is not
supported, and security support for Etch will end in two weeks anyway.
Sven
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Mixed system upgrade
