i386/73035: Uppgrading from 5.2.1 to 5.3 RC1 fails

[Göran Hasse]

>Number:         73035
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       Uppgrading from 5.2.1 to 5.3 RC1 fails
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-i386
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          maintainer-update
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Oct 23 08:50:24 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Göran Hasse
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.3 RC1
>Organization:
Raditex AB
>Environment:
FreeBSD 5.3 RC1
>Description:
When doing an "uppgrade" from 5.2.1 to 5.3 RC1 the uppgrade
fails when installing expat 1.95.8
"Add of package expat 1.95.8 abort..." ... older version alrady
installed.
>How-To-Repeat:
Do an installation of expat between installation of 5.2.1 and 5.3.
>Fix:
This problem have been ther known for some time as I know it.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: