Bug#419725: libgail18: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/gail.mo'

[Sebastian Dröge]

Am Mittwoch, den 18.04.2007, 18:28 +0200 schrieb Kurt Roeckx:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 01:43:37PM +0200, Sebastian Dröge wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, den 17.04.2007, 18:27 +0200 schrieb Kurt Roeckx:
> > > Package: libgail18
> > > Version: 1.18.0-2
> > > Severity: serious
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > When I try to install both libgail17 and libgail18, I get the following
> > > error:
> > > Unpacking libgail18 (from .../libgail18_1.18.0-2_amd64.deb) ...
> > > Selecting previously deselected package libgail-common.
> > > Unpacking libgail-common (from .../libgail-common_1.18.0-2_amd64.deb) ...
> > > Selecting previously deselected package libgail17.
> > > Unpacking libgail17 (from .../libgail17_1.8.11-4_amd64.deb) ...
> > > dpkg: error processing /home/buildd/build/chroot-unstable/var/cache/apt/archives/libgail17_1.8.11-4_amd64.deb (--unpack):
> > >  trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/gail.mo', which is also in package libgail18
> > 
> > Hi,
> > thanks for your bugreport. This is a transitional failure as libgail17
> > will go away very soon after the binNMUs are all handled.
> 
> Since libgail17 is in etch, you will still need to deal with it.

If libgail17 is installed before libgail18 there's no problem as
libgail18 replaces libgail17, thus upgrades from etch should be fine and
it's possible to have both installed then.
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