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x-common package

conflict between x-common and xfonts-base

Bug #22340 reported by Christophe Dumez
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x-common (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Ian Jackson

Bug Description

I'm using latest breezy, I tried to update x-common today but I can't because of
xfonts-base.

E: /var/cache/apt/archives/x-common_1.08_all.deb: can't replace
« /usr/lib/X11/fonts », owned by xfonts-base (translated into english)

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Matt Taylor (matt7aylor) wrote :

Having same problem:

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/x-common_1.08_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/X11/fonts', which is also in package xfonts-base

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Kaloyan Raev (k-raev) wrote :

I have it also. Seems to e a common problem.

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mon (javiermon-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

(In reply to comment #2)
> I have it also. Seems to e a common problem.

same here:
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/x-common_1.08_all.deb: intentando sobreescribir
`/usr/lib/X11/fonts', que está también en el paquete xfonts-base

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Björn Röder (overgee) wrote :

Yupp, me too...

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

*** Bug 22347 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

(We don't need further "me too" comments on this bug, thanks; it's clear that
the package has a problem.)

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Ian Jackson (ijackson) wrote :

This is due to a bug in dpkg as discussed on #ubuntu-devel.

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Daniel Robitaille (robitaille) wrote :

*** Bug 22389 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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Daniel Robitaille (robitaille) wrote :

*** Bug 22401 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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Ian Jackson (ijackson) wrote :

I think this is fixed in dpkg 1.13.10ubuntu4.

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Sam Argiro (argirosa) wrote :

The new dpkg resolved the problem and x-common installed w/out a hitch. BTW,
thank you guys for all your hard work and this wonderful project.

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Kaloyan Raev (k-raev) wrote :

Well done. The last update ran ok.
Thanks a lot!

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

Do we need to add a pre-dependency to one of these packages to ensure that dpkg
is upgraded first? If so, please do.

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