Bug#344368: conflicts with vim-common

Stefano Zacchiroli zack at debian.org
Thu Dec 22 07:43:15 UTC 2005


On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 09:13:01PM -0800, Joshua Kwan wrote:
> Package: vim-runtime
> Version: 1:6.4-004+1
> Severity: grave
> 
> Unpacking replacement vim-runtime ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/vim-runtime_1%3a6.4-004+2_all.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/vimtutor', which is also in package vim-common
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> 
> vim-runtime should Replace vim-common.

It does:

  Package: vim-runtime
  Replaces: vim-common (<< 6.4-004+2), ...

are you sure you're upgrading against the latest versions? Which
frontend are you using to upgrade (apt/dselect/aptitude/...)?

I don't understend how you can have the reported behaviour ...

Thanks for the report.
Cheers.

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