aptitude safe-upgrade crached
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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apt (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: apt
on ubuntu 8.10
command: aptitude safe-upgrade
error message:"
Preparing to replace apt 0.7.14ubuntu6 (using .../apt_
Unpacking replacement apt ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/
trying to overwrite `/etc/apt/
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install."
ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:
libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1ubuntu12
gcc-4.3-base 4.3.2-1ubuntu12
libstdc++6 4.3.2-1ubuntu12
findutils 4.4.0-2ubuntu3
libc6 2.8~20080505-
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite `/etc/apt/
Package: apt 0.7.14ubuntu6
SourcePackage: apt
Title: package apt 0.7.14ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/etc/apt/
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-14-generic i686
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.