Bug#401570: libswt3.2-gtk-jni: apt-get upgrade fails

[Steve Langasek]

reassign 401570 libswt-gtk-3.2-jni
severity 401570 important
thanks

On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 04:32:24PM +0100, Boris Kleibl wrote:
> Package: libswt3.2-gtk-jni
> Version: 3.2.1-1
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable

> Doing

> apt-get update
> apt-get upgrade

> leads to the following error:

> Unpacking libswt3.2-gtk-jni (from .../libswt3.2-gtk-jni_3.2.1-1_i386.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libswt3.2-gtk-jni_3.2.1-1_i386.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/jni/libswt-atk-gtk-3235.so', which is also in package libswt-gtk-3.2-jni
>  dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
>  Errors were encountered while processing:
>   /var/cache/apt/archives/libswt3.2-gtk-jni_3.2.1-1_i386.deb
>   E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

AFAICS, libswt3.2-gtk-jni has been *superseded* by libswt-gtk-3.2-jni, and
libswt3.2-gtk-jni was never in testing or stable (and only briefly in
unstable), so this bug doesn't warrant an RC severity.

I guess the workaround would be to manually remove libswt3.2-gtk-jni from
your system.

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