[Pkg-mol-devel] Bug#410461: mol-source: modules package fails to install: wants to overwrite files

[Itai Seggev]

Package: mol-source
Version: 0.9.71.dfsg-4
Severity: normal

When I try to install modules created from the most recent mol-source,
they fail to install:

Unpacking replacement mol-modules-2.6.18cavybook1 ...
dpkg: error processing
mol-modules-2.6.18cavybook1_0.9.71.dfsg-4+7.0_powerpc.deb (--install):
 trying to overwrite `/lib/modules/2.6.18cavybook1/modules.pcimap',
 which is also in package linux-image-2.6.18cavybook1

I can install it with a force-overwrite, but I'm fairly certain that's
not supposed to be necessary:

118:cavybook:/usr/src> sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite mol-modules-2.6.18cavybook1_0.9.71.dfsg-4+7.0_powerpc.deb
(Reading database ... 266077 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace mol-modules-2.6.18cavybook1 0.9.70+7.0 (using mol-modules-2.6.18cavybook1_0.9.71.dfsg-4+7.0_powerpc.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement mol-modules-2.6.18cavybook1 ...
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
 trying to overwrite `/lib/modules/2.6.18cavybook1/modules.pcimap', which is also in package linux-image-2.6.18cavybook1
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
 trying to overwrite `/lib/modules/2.6.18cavybook1/modules.dep', which is also in package linux-image-2.6.18cavybook1
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
 trying to overwrite `/lib/modules/2.6.18cavybook1/modules.ieee1394map', which is also in package linux-image-2.6.18cavybook1
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
 trying to overwrite `/lib/modules/2.6.18cavybook1/modules.usbmap', which is also in package linux-image-2.6.18cavybook1
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
 trying to overwrite `/lib/modules/2.6.18cavybook1/modules.ccwmap', which is also in package linux-image-2.6.18cavybook1
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
 trying to overwrite `/lib/modules/2.6.18cavybook1/modules.isapnpmap', which is also in package linux-image-2.6.18cavybook1
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
 trying to overwrite `/lib/modules/2.6.18cavybook1/modules.inputmap', which is also in package linux-image-2.6.18cavybook1
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
 trying to overwrite `/lib/modules/2.6.18cavybook1/modules.ofmap', which is also in package linux-image-2.6.18cavybook1
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
 trying to overwrite `/lib/modules/2.6.18cavybook1/modules.seriomap', which is also in package linux-image-2.6.18cavybook1
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
 trying to overwrite `/lib/modules/2.6.18cavybook1/modules.alias', which is also in package linux-image-2.6.18cavybook1
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
 trying to overwrite `/lib/modules/2.6.18cavybook1/modules.symbols', which is also in package linux-image-2.6.18cavybook1
Setting up mol-modules-2.6.18cavybook1 (0.9.71.dfsg-4+7.0) ...


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (750, 'testing'), (110, 'unstable'), (10, 'stable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17cavybook1
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages mol-source depends on:
ii  gcc                         4:4.1.1-15   The GNU C compiler
ii  libc6-dev                   2.3.6.ds1-10 GNU C Library: Development Librari
ii  m4                          1.4.8-2      a macro processing language
ii  make                        3.81-2       The GNU version of the "make" util

Versions of packages mol-source recommends:
ii  debhelper                     5.0.42     helper programs for debian/rules
ii  kernel-package                10.066     A utility for building Linux kerne

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