(Breezy) libxt6 tries to overwrite xscreensaver file

[Michael R Head]

On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 22:52 -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> Trying to do an apt-dist upgrade, I get this error:
> 
> Unpacking replacement libxt6 ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libxt6_6.8.2-21_i386.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults',
> which is also in package xscreensaver
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/libxt6_6.8.2-21_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
> This is holding up the installation of 100-odd other
> packages. Could anyone help me get past it?

I removed xscreensaver, installed everything else, then re-added
xscreensaver. 

> 
> (And yes, I did file a bug on this earlier today. No word
> back.)
> 
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> Stephen R. Laniel
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