Bug#244982: zenity: dpkg-divert and overwrite problem during install

Ross Burton Ross Burton <ross@debian.org>, 244982@bugs.debian.org
Wed, 21 Apr 2004 08:11:53 +0100


On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 23:31, GCS wrote:
> Preparing to replace zenity 1.8-1 (using .../zenity_2.6.1-1_i386.deb)
> ...
> Removing `diversion of /usr/bin/gdialog to /usr/bin/gdialog.real by
> zenity'
> dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting `/usr/bin/gdialog' with
>   different file `/usr/bin/gdialog.real', not allowed

Dammit, I tested the preinst several times as well!

Can you do the following commands and reply to the bug:

dpkg -S /usr/bin/gdialog
dpkg -S /usr/bin/gdialog.real
/usr/sbin/dpkg-divert --list zenity

Thanks,
Ross