package texlive-pstricks-doc 2017.20170818-1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/texlive-doc/latex/pst-pdf/Makefile', which is also in package texlive-latex-extra-doc 2017.20170818-1

Bug #1733248 reported by Jaroslav Svoboda
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Bug Description

Unpacking texlive-pstricks-doc (2017.20171031-1) over (2017.20170818-1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-xrTZRM/114-texlive-pstricks-doc_2017.20171031-1_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/texlive-doc/latex/pst-pdf/Makefile', which is also in package texlive-latex-extra-doc 2017.20170818-1
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)

Errors were encountered while processing:
 /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-xrTZRM/073-texlive-latex-extra-doc_2017.20171031-1_all.deb
 /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-xrTZRM/114-texlive-pstricks-doc_2017.20171031-1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

using sudo apt --fix-broken install helped

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: texlive-pstricks-doc 2017.20170818-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Nov 20 02:52:45 2017
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/texlive-doc/latex/pst-pdf/Makefile', which is also in package texlive-latex-extra-doc 2017.20170818-1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-11 (69 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170908)
PackageArchitecture: all
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 1.19.0.4ubuntu1
 apt 1.6~alpha5
SourcePackage: texlive-extra
Title: package texlive-pstricks-doc 2017.20170818-1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/texlive-doc/latex/pst-pdf/Makefile', which is also in package texlive-latex-extra-doc 2017.20170818-1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2017-11-17 (2 days ago)

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Jaroslav Svoboda (multi-flexi) wrote :
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