package gwenview None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/gwenview.list] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/gwenview.png', which is also in package gwenrename

[tyringham]

Binary package hint: gwenview

Having installed gwenrename, gwenview fails to install as the installer is trying to overwrite the gwenview.png file from gwenrename with the one for gwenview. Similar problems have occurred trying to install other packages also.

using 8.04 beta

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Apr 19 09:45:39 2008
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/gwenview.png', which is also in package gwenrename
Package: gwenview None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/gwenview.list]
PackageArchitecture: amd64
SourcePackage: gwenview
Title: package gwenview None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/gwenview.list] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/gwenview.png', which is also in package gwenrename
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic x86_64

[xtknight (xt-knight)]

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 140012, 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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I did work on a patch for this problem for Gutsy. Unfortunately it is too late to patch this problem for Hardy unless an SRU (Stable Release Update) is requested. However I don't personally feel that this problem is significant enough for an SRU.