package xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/xorg', which is also in package xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu2

Bug #812658 reported by Alex Kras
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Bug Description

Trying to install update with sudo apt-get upgrade

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-5.6-generic 3.0.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-5-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jul 19 09:49:47 2011
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/xorg', which is also in package xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110705.1)
SourcePackage: xorg
Title: package xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/xorg', which is also in package xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-18 (0 days ago)

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Alex Kras (akrasnoborodkin) wrote :
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Alex Kras (akrasnoborodkin) wrote :

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  xorg
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/1,566 B of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 161845 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu1 (using .../xorg_1%3a7.6+7ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement xorg ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xorg_1%3a7.6+7ubuntu2_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/xorg', which is also in package xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/xorg_1%3a7.6+7ubuntu2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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