package qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu-cordova (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/mime/packages/CordovaUbuntuProject.mimetypes.xml', which is also in package qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu 2.7.1-ubuntu7~raring1~test2

[Stuart Langridge]

System hung while doing a dist-upgrade. After reboot, system came back up in "low graphics" mode. After completing the upgrade and rebooting again, many error dialogs were shown; this was one.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu-cordova (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-5.11-generic 3.11.0
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-5-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 9 22:41:22 2013
DuplicateSignature: package:qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu-cordova:(not installed):trying to overwrite '/usr/share/mime/packages/CordovaUbuntuProject.mimetypes.xml', which is also in package qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu 2.7.1-ubuntu7~raring1~test2
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/mime/packages/CordovaUbuntuProject.mimetypes.xml', which is also in package qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu 2.7.1-ubuntu7~raring1~test2
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-12-11 (638 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111211)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu
Title: package qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu-cordova (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/mime/packages/CordovaUbuntuProject.mimetypes.xml', which is also in package qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu 2.7.1-ubuntu7~raring1~test2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-09-05 (4 days ago)

[Timo Jyrinki (timo-jyrinki)]

This is fixed in the PPA since the migration to Qt Creator 2.8 packages. It was already fixed at the time of this bug report on the packaging level, but the problem was that the PPA used a wrongly formatted version number which made the Replaces rule non-functional (except for Ubuntu archive version).