Re: Errors whilst dist-upgrading from Sarge+Xorg-bpo to Etch

[Norbert Tretkowski <norbert@tretkowski.de>]

* Jamin W. Collins wrote:
> Jeremy Wilkins wrote:
> > Unpacking mesa-common-dev (from .../mesa-common-dev_6.4.2-1_all.deb) ...
> > dpkg: error processing
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/mesa-common-dev_6.4.2-1_all.deb (--unpack):
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/include/GL/osmesa.h', which is also in
> > package xlibosmesa-dev
> 
> The above error is the key here.  The new package (mesa-common-dev) is 
> attempting to provide a file that is already provided by an existing 
> package (xlibosmesa-dev). Try the following to force the system past this:
> 
> dpkg --force-overwrite -i \
>   /var/cache/apt/archives/mesa-common-dev_6.4.2-1_all.deb

And please file a bug against mesa-common-dev from etch, it should
replace xlibosmesa-dev via the control file.

                Norbert