package zenity-common 3.4.0-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: symbolic link '/usr/share/gnome/help/zenity/ca/figures/zenity-calendar-screenshot.png' size has changed from 74 to 0

[Santhosh Kumar Mani]

The following sequence of commands resulted in this error:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade -V

Unpacking replacement zenity-common ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/zenity-common_3.4.0-0ubuntu4_all.deb (--unpack):
 symbolic link '/usr/share/gnome/help/zenity/ca/figures/zenity-calendar-screenshot.png' size has changed from 74 to 0

Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/zenity-common_3.4.0-0ubuntu4_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: zenity-common 3.4.0-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic-pae 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat May 12 19:34:30 2012
Dependencies:

DuplicateSignature:
 Unpacking replacement zenity-common ...
 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/zenity-common_3.4.0-0ubuntu4_all.deb (--unpack):
  symbolic link '/usr/share/gnome/help/zenity/ca/figures/zenity-calendar-screenshot.png' size has changed from 74 to 0
ErrorMessage: symbolic link '/usr/share/gnome/help/zenity/ca/figures/zenity-calendar-screenshot.png' size has changed from 74 to 0
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: zenity
Title: package zenity-common 3.4.0-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: symbolic link '/usr/share/gnome/help/zenity/ca/figures/zenity-calendar-screenshot.png' size has changed from 74 to 0
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)