package libdb5.1-java (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: './usr/share/java/db-5.1.25.jar' is different from the same file on the system

[Chris]

Happened during re-install after upgrading; used package list generated from oneiric.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libdb5.1-java (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr 26 20:29:28 2012
DuplicateSignature:
 Unpacking libdb5.1-java:i386 (from .../libdb5.1-java_5.1.25-11build1_i386.deb) ...
 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libdb5.1-java_5.1.25-11build1_i386.deb (--unpack):
  './usr/share/java/db-5.1.25.jar' is different from the same file on the system
ErrorMessage: './usr/share/java/db-5.1.25.jar' is different from the same file on the system
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
SourcePackage: db
Title: package libdb5.1-java (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: './usr/share/java/db-5.1.25.jar' is different from the same file on the system
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Ondřej Surý (ondrej)]

Caused by invalid MultiArch patch, see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=670011

[Ondřej Surý (ondrej)]

I have just split the package into -java and -java-jni, which will fix the issue in Debian. It's up-to Ubuntu whether they want to pull the fix.

(Seems like we miss something on the side of automated tests.)

[Robert John Bowles (bobjohnbowles)]

This affected me doing a re-install of 12.04. Clean re-install of root partition.

[Antonio Peta (a-peta)]

apt-get install libdb5.1-java
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libdb5.1-java
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/1,268 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,316 kB of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 248711 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libdb5.1-java (from .../libdb5.1-java_5.1.25-11build1_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libdb5.1-java_5.1.25-11build1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 './usr/share/java/db-5.1.25.jar' is different from the same file on the system
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libdb5.1-java_5.1.25-11build1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)