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  1. Bug #987714
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 987714

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James Page (james-page) wrote : Re: package libsensors4 1:3.3.1-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: conffile './etc/sensors.d/.placeholder' is not in sync with other instances of the same package

Confirmed:

Unpacking libsensors4:i386 (from .../libsensors4_1%3a3.3.1-2ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libsensors4_1%3a3.3.1-2ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 conffile './etc/sensors.d/.placeholder' is not in sync with other instances of the same package
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libsensors4_1%3a3.3.1-2ubuntu1_i386.deb

This is a multiarch issue with this package.