Bug#529198: scilab: fails to upgrade - trying to overwrite files from other packages

Bernd Zeimetz bzed at debian.org
Sun May 17 23:24:02 UTC 2009


Package: scilab
Version: 5.1.1-6
Severity: serious


Upgrading scilab (-bin, -data) fails with

Unpacking replacement scilab ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/scilab_5.1.1-6_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/scilab.1.gz', which is also in package scilab-bin
Preparing to replace scilab-bin 5.1.1-4 (using .../scilab-bin_5.1.1-6_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement scilab-bin ...
Preparing to replace scilab-data 5.1.1-4 (using .../scilab-data_5.1.1-6_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement scilab-data ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/scilab-data_5.1.1-6_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/share/scilab/icons/puffin.png', which is also in package scilab
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29.1-think (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash





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