package libgnome-desktop-3-4 3.6.0.1-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/gnome-desktop3/check_gl_texture_size', which is also in package libgnome-desktop-3-2 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.1
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-desktop3 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I tried to login after upgrading from ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: libgnome-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 3 13:44:48 2012
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
SourcePackage: gnome-desktop3
Title: package libgnome-
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-03-19 (198 days ago)
This bug was fixed in the package gnome-desktop3 - 3.6.0.1-0ubuntu2
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gnome-desktop3 (3.6.0.1-0ubuntu2) quantal-proposed; urgency=low
* Add Replaces from libgnome- desktop- 3-4 to libgnome- desktop- 3-2. desktop- 3-4 is unpacked desktop- 3-2 is removed then dpkg will error due to file
Unfortunately this shared library ships binaries in an unversioned path.
If the upgrade ordering is such that libgnome-
before libgnome-
overwriting. The long-term solution to be implemented is to move these
binaries to their own package and to alter consumers to depend thereon.
(LP: #1061283)
-- Iain Lane <email address hidden> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:36:41 +0100