package libx264-85 2:0.85.1442.1+git781d30-1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libx264.so.85', which is also in package libx264-83 2:0.85.1442+svn20100219-git781d300~ppa1~lucid1

[yoman82]

Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

Claims a file ending in .so cannot be overwritten, since it belongs to another package. This has been an ongoing problem.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Mar 10 16:54:40 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libx264.so.85', which is also in package libx264-83 2:0.85.1442+svn20100219-git781d300~ppa1~lucid1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: libx264-85 2:0.85.1442.1+git781d30-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.24-generic
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package libx264-85 2:0.85.1442.1+git781d30-1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libx264.so.85', which is also in package libx264-83 2:0.85.1442+svn20100219-git781d300~ppa1~lucid1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic x86_64

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

There's a standard way for the package to specify that file overwrites are OK, namely the Replaces field, and it's a bug in the package if it isn't using it appropriate. Reassigning.