Bug 467693

Summary: trying to overwrite '/etc/skel/.face', which is also in package kubuntu-settings-desktop 1:21.04.5
Product: [I don't know] kde Reporter: Ilias Tsolis <elias_0000_0000>
Component: generalAssignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: normal CC: kde
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description Ilias Tsolis 2023-03-22 15:23:59 UTC
in bookworm sid... 
as already mentioned bookworm sid tries to overwrite severla kubuntu /kde config files. I dont know if this is problem of kde or bookworm sid upgrade... i report here... currently, kde/plasmashell is broken to me.

dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/desktop-base_12.0.5_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/etc/skel/.face', which is also in package kubuntu-settings-desktop 1:21.04.5
Comment 1 Ilias Tsolis 2023-03-22 15:24:24 UTC
in bookworm sid... 
as already mentioned bookworm sid tries to overwrite severla kubuntu /kde config files. I dont know if this is problem of kde or bookworm sid upgrade... i report here... currently, kde/plasmashell is broken to me.

dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/desktop-base_12.0.5_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/etc/skel/.face', which is also in package kubuntu-settings-desktop 1:21.04.5
Comment 2 Ilias Tsolis 2023-03-22 15:26:14 UTC
sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/desktop-base_12.0.5_all.deb 
(Ανάγνωση βάσης δεδομένων ... 883963 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../desktop-base_12.0.5_all.deb ...
Unpacking desktop-base (12.0.5) over (12.0.3) ...
dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
dpkg: warning: trying to overwrite '/etc/skel/.face', which is also in package kubuntu-settings-desktop 1:21.04.5
dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
dpkg: warning: trying to overwrite '/etc/skel/.face.icon', which is also in package kubuntu-settings-desktop 1:21.04.5
Comment 3 David Redondo 2023-03-23 09:01:07 UTC
You are trying to  install packages of two different distros this is most likely not supported by them and not a KDE bug in any case