On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 02:06:08PM +0100, fraser kendall wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In the middle of a dist-upgrade and got this error:
>
> Preparing to unpack .../nodejs_16.15.1+dfsg-1_amd64.deb ...
> Unpacking nodejs (16.15.1+dfsg-1) over (12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u1) ...
> dpkg: error processing archive
> /var/cache/apt/archives/nodejs_16.15.1+dfsg-1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite '/usr/share/systemtap/tapset/node.stp', which is
> also in package libnode72:amd64 12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/nodejs_16.15.1+dfsg-1_amd64.deb E:
>
> Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> reluctant to just reboot and hope.
>
> Is this at all interesting or is is it simply artefactual?

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1013968

Also workaround in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1013968#10

Mark