package libperl5.26 5.26.0-8ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libperl5.26/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libperl5.26:i386

Bug #1728065 reported by Jim Evans
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Bug Description

Simple scan driver install failed

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: libperl5.26 5.26.0-8ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 27 10:07:00 2017
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libperl5.26:5.26.0-8ubuntu1
 Unpacking libperl5.26:i386 (5.26.0-8ubuntu1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-kzU9Ux/15-libperl5.26_5.26.0-8ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libperl5.26/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libperl5.26:i386
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libperl5.26/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libperl5.26:i386
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-19 (280 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.3, python3-minimal, 3.6.3-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.14, python-minimal, 2.7.14-2ubuntu1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.24ubuntu1
 apt 1.5
SourcePackage: perl
Title: package libperl5.26 5.26.0-8ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libperl5.26/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libperl5.26:i386
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-21 (5 days ago)

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Jim Evans (blue-heron) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1574351, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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