package mysql-client-5.1 5.1.49-1ubuntu9 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/perror', which is also in package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.49-1ubuntu9

[Dewi Roberts]

I got a popup saying there was a problem with the system, then it asked for my password, then it seemed to try to upgrade mysql and failed.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: mysql-client-5.1 5.1.49-1ubuntu9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-1.28-generic 2.6.38-rc2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-1-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 2 08:20:18 2011
DpkgTerminalLog: Log started: 2011-02-02 08:20:05
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/perror', which is also in package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.49-1ubuntu9
SourcePackage: mysql-5.1
Title: package mysql-client-5.1 5.1.49-1ubuntu9 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/perror', which is also in package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.49-1ubuntu9

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Also shows up in the auto-upgrade tester:
http://people.canonical.com/~mvo/automatic-upgrade-testing/2011-02-02-12:36:48/server-tasks/bootstrap.log
search for "dpkg: error":

Unpacking replacement mysql-client-5.1 ...

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-client-5.1_5.1.54-1ubuntu3_i386.deb (--unpack):

 trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/perror', which is also in package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.49-1ubuntu8.1

UNKNOWN (trigger?) dpkg/script failure for /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-client-5.1_5.1.54-1ubuntu3_i386.deb (trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/perror', which is also in package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.49-1ubuntu8.1)
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

This is fixed in the latest update.