Bug#516711: trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/timeout', which is also in package coreutils

Sven Joachim svenjoac at gmx.de
Mon Feb 23 10:33:24 UTC 2009


reassign 516711 coreutils 7.1-1
forcemerge 516652 516711
thanks

On 2009-02-23 10:32 +0100, Michael Prokop wrote:

> Package: timeout
> Version: 1.18-2
> Severity: serious
> Justification: Policy 7.6
>
>
> [...]
> Unpacking timeout (from .../timeout_1.18-2_i386.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/timeout_1.18-2_i386.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/timeout', which is also in package
>  coreutils
>  Errors were encountered while processing:
>   /var/cache/apt/archives/timeout_1.18-2_i386.deb
> [...]
>
> JFTR: it's coreutils 7.1-1

Already fixed, coreutils 7.1-2 removed timeout and its manpage from the
package.

Cheers,
       Sven





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