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dictionaries-common package

package dictionaries-common 1.11.5ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 2

Bug #989818 reported by Adnan Yumer on 2012-04-27

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #322448: dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting `/usr/share/dict/words.pre-dictionaries-common'. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	dictionaries-common (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Error during upgrade to 12.04 from 11.10

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: dictionaries-common 1.11.5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Apr 27 18:57:40 2012
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: dictionaries-common
Title: package dictionaries-common 1.11.5ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Adnan Yumer (adnanyumer) wrote on 2012-04-27:

Dependencies.txt Edit (473 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz Edit (148 bytes, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz Edit (492 bytes, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeHistorylog.gz Edit (167 bytes, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeLspcitxt.gz Edit (715 bytes, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeMainlogpartial.gz Edit (11.6 KiB, application/x-gzip)

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era (era) wrote on 2012-06-27:

Quoting VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz:
> Preparing to replace dictionaries-common 1.11.5ubuntu1 (using .../dictionaries-common_1.12.1ubuntu2_all.deb) ...
> Adding 'diversion of /usr/share/dict/words to /usr/share/dict/words.pre-dictionaries-common by dictionaries-common'
> dpkg-divert: error: rename involves overwriting `/usr/share/dict/words.pre-dictionaries-common' with
> different file `/usr/share/dict/words', not allowed
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dictionaries-common_1.12.1ubuntu2_all.deb (--unpack):
> subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 2

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