package libuniconf4.6 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/uniconf.conf', which is also in package libuniconf4.4 0:4.4.1-1.1

[nanog]

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  wvdial: Depends: libuniconf4.6 but it is not installed

Manual install errors out as follows:

sudo dpkg -i libuniconf4.6_4.6-1_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 274211 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libuniconf4.6 (from libuniconf4.6_4.6-1_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing libuniconf4.6_4.6-1_amd64.deb (--install):
 trying to overwrite '/etc/uniconf.conf', which is also in package libuniconf4.4 0:4.4.1-1.1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libuniconf4.6_4.6-1_amd64.deb

dpkg -r libuniconf4.4 && apt-get install -f seems to have fixed th
e problem.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 3 16:32:23 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/etc/uniconf.conf', which is also in package libuniconf4.4 0:4.4.1-1.1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: libuniconf4.6 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.38-generic
SourcePackage: wvstreams
Title: package libuniconf4.6 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/uniconf.conf', which is also in package libuniconf4.4 0:4.4.1-1.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic x86_64

[ArbitRabbit (arbitrabbit)]

Manually remove libuniconf 4.4 and wvdial, install libuniconf 4.6 and then install wvdial. FIxed it for me.

[pedroh (higuchip)]

Fixed it for me, following ArbitRabbit instructions.

[Diego Schulz (dschulzg)]

yep, that fixed it for me too. But this definitely should not happen.

[Angel Guzman Maeso (shakaran)]

Same for me, ArbitRabbit workaround works.

[Anders Kaseorg (andersk)]

Confirmed. libuniconf4.6 should declare that it Conflicts: libuniconf4.4.

[Khairul Aizat Kamarudzzaman (fenris)]

thanks for the workaround .. its work for me too ..

[qma (cumanacr)]

Fixed it for me, following ArbitRabbit instructions, thanks.

[M Henri Day (mhenriday)]

ArbitRabbit's workaround did just that for me as well. Presumably, this bug will shortly be crunched for good !...

Henri

[Jonathan Ellison (jellison)]

ArbitRabbit., workaround did the trick. Hopefully Ubuntu will have this fix once the final release comes out. Thanks.

[Anders Kaseorg (andersk)]

This is fixed in wvstreams 4.6-2. Please sync wvstreams 4.6-2 from Debian unstable into karmic. Changelog:

wvstreams (4.6-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * QA upload.
  * Conflicts/Replaces libuniconf4.4 for libuniconf4.6 binary package
    to allow clean upgrade from a previous version (Closes: #540320).
  * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3, no changes needed.

 -- Luca Falavigna <email address hidden> Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:55:23 +0200

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

Andreas, there are Ubuntu-specific changes. It's not obviously a sync but may be a merge (the FTBFS part will need to be tested)

wvdial (1.60.1+nmu2ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * debian/rules: Drop -fno-rtti from CXXFLAGS, cherry-picked from unstable.
  * wvmodemscan.cc: Adjust comparison function to fix FTBFS.

 -- Stefan Potyra <email address hidden> Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:20:08 +0200

Subscribing sponsors and Stefan in the hope that they can continue to drive this forward.

[Anders Kaseorg (andersk)]

Rolf: The fix is in the wvstreams package, which has no Ubuntu-specific changes, not the wvdial package.

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

looks like you're right.

apologies for the noise

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

wvstreams 4.6-2 has been synced; closing this bug.