Activity log for bug #1317037

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2014-05-07 10:59:29 Michael Schaller bug added bug
2014-05-07 11:01:57 Michael Schaller description I've encountered this issue during a Precise to Trusty dist-upgrade. Error message: Unpacking libticables2-6:amd64 (1.3.4+dfsg-3) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libticables2-6_1.3.4+dfsg-3_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libticables2.mo', which is also in package libticables2-2 1.3.0-0ubuntu3 Reproduction instructions: 1) Install Ubuntu 12.04.4 2) sudo apt-get update 3) sudo apt-get dist-upgrade 4) sudo apt-get install libticables-dev 5) sudo reboot 6) If you use a VM take a snapshot 7) sudo sed -i s/precise/trusty/g /etc/apt/sources.list 8) sudo apt-get update 9) sudo apt-get dist-upgrade 2>&1 | tee upgrade.log The issue - the file collision - is deeply buried in the upgrade log. I've encountered this issue during a Precise to Trusty dist-upgrade if the package libticables-dev is installed. Error message: Unpacking libticables2-6:amd64 (1.3.4+dfsg-3) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libticables2-6_1.3.4+dfsg-3_amd64.deb (--unpack):  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libticables2.mo', which is also in package libticables2-2 1.3.0-0ubuntu3 Reproduction instructions: 1) Install Ubuntu 12.04.4 2) sudo apt-get update 3) sudo apt-get dist-upgrade 4) sudo apt-get install libticables-dev 5) sudo reboot 6) If you use a VM take a snapshot 7) sudo sed -i s/precise/trusty/g /etc/apt/sources.list 8) sudo apt-get update 9) sudo apt-get dist-upgrade 2>&1 | tee upgrade.log The issue - the file collision - is deeply buried in the upgrade log.