package libc6-dev-i386 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/include/sys/uio.h', which is also in package libc6-dev-amd64:i386 2.23-0ubuntu9

Bug #1730036 reported by Mohamed omar
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glibc (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

i ran sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade
and it come out with this list

 gcc-5-multilib gcc-multilib lib32asan2 lib32atomic1 lib32cilkrts5
  lib32gcc-5-dev lib32gcc1 lib32gomp1 lib32itm1 lib32mpx0 lib32quadmath0
  lib32stdc++6 lib32ubsan0 libc6-dev-i386 libc6-dev-x32 libx32asan2
  libx32atomic1 libx32cilkrts5 libx32gcc-5-dev libx32gcc1 libx32gomp1
  libx32itm1 libx32quadmath0 libx32stdc++6 libx32ubsan0

when i chose to upgrade packages the error pops out for this package libc6-dev-i38;

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libc6-dev-i386 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-98.121-generic 4.4.90
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-98-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Nov 4 08:20:17 2017
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Preparing to unpack .../libc6-dev-i386_2.23-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb ...
 Unpacking libc6-dev-i386 (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-dev-i386_2.23-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/include/sys/uio.h', which is also in package libc6-dev-amd64:i386 2.23-0ubuntu9
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libc6-dev-i386:(not installed)
 Unpacking libc6-dev-i386 (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-dev-i386_2.23-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/include/sys/uio.h', which is also in package libc6-dev-amd64:i386 2.23-0ubuntu9
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/include/sys/uio.h', which is also in package libc6-dev-amd64:i386 2.23-0ubuntu9
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-28 (463 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.24
SourcePackage: glibc
Title: package libc6-dev-i386 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/include/sys/uio.h', which is also in package libc6-dev-amd64:i386 2.23-0ubuntu9
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Mohamed omar (m7mdomar) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in glibc (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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