Packages out of synch

[Markus Deistler]

On Don, 2003-03-06 Mark Jaffe wrote:

> I need some expert help; I am attempting to add a new package and I cannot
> get apt-get past this problem:
> 
> [root@wizdev mysqlcc-0.8.10-src]# apt-get check
> Processing File Dependencies... Done
> Reading Package Lists... Error!
> E: There are two or more versions of the package 'php-mysql' installed in
> your system, which is a situation APT can't handle cleanly at the moment.
> Please do one of the following:

If you don't need two versions of that package Apt complained about you
may just remove the older version with rpm -e <packagename> ... that is
a kind of workaround (and recommended after " Please do one of the
following:").

I have the very same problem with apt-0.5.5 built from source (apt that
came with YDL and rpm-4.1 don't play together). The option
"AllowedDupPkgs" has been renamed to AllowDuplicates in 0.5.5, but it's
the same option, apt should tolerate duplicate packages which are in
that list. The rpm-fication of Debian's Advanced Packaging tool isn't
perfect yet... :-((

Markus