package ghex 42.3-1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/actions/document-modified-symbolic.svg', which is also in package gnome-text-editor 42.2-1ubuntu1

[Patrik Lundquist]

$ sudo apt full-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libgtkhex-4-0
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libgtkhex-4-1
The following packages will be upgraded:
  ghex
1 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/150 kB of archives.
After this operation, 39,9 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Reading changelogs... Done
(Reading database ... 530268 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../ghex_43~alpha-3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking ghex (43~alpha-3) over (42.3-1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/ghex_43~alpha-3_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/actions/document-modified-symbolic.svg', which is also in package gnome-
text-editor 42.2-1ubuntu1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/ghex_43~alpha-3_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
Package: ghex 42.3-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-39.42-generic 5.15.35
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-39-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl icp
ApportVersion: 2.23.0-0ubuntu1
AptOrdering:
 ghex:amd64: Install
 libgtkhex-4-0:amd64: Remove
 libgtkhex-4-1:amd64: Install
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
Date: Wed Aug 31 10:57:44 2022
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Preparing to unpack .../ghex_43~alpha-3_amd64.deb ...
 Unpacking ghex (43~alpha-3) over (42.3-1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/ghex_43~alpha-3_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/actions/document-modified-symbolic.svg', which is also in package gnome-text-editor 42.2-1ubuntu1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/actions/document-modified-symbolic.svg', which is also in package gnome-text-editor 42.2-1ubuntu1
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.10, Python 3.10.6, python3-minimal, 3.10.6-1
PythonDetails: N/A
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.21.9ubuntu1
 apt 2.5.2
SourcePackage: ghex
Title: package ghex 42.3-1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/actions/document-modified-symbolic.svg', which is also in package gnome-text-editor 42.2-1ubuntu1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to kinetic on 2022-08-02 (28 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

This bug was fixed in the package ghex - 43~alpha-4

---------------
ghex (43~alpha-4) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Cherry-pick patch to fix file conflict with gnome-text-editor
    (Closes: #1018731)

 -- Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> Wed, 07 Sep 2022 17:38:43 -0400