package linux-base (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/perf.1.gz', which is also in package linux-tools-common 3.2.0-25.40

[Ed Park]

apparently some kind of bug involving an attempted overwrite from a related package. I installed the non-meta package first, then later when I tried to install the meta package there was an attempted overwrite, but the meta package was trying to install a 3.4 kernel rather than the 3.2 kernel that I had installed earlier. Cancelling install of meta package.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-base (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-25.40-generic-pae 3.2.18
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-25-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jun 19 02:14:06 2012
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Unpacking linux-base (from .../linux-base_3.4ubuntu2_all.deb) ...
 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-base_3.4ubuntu2_all.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/perf.1.gz', which is also in package linux-tools-common 3.2.0-25.40
DuplicateSignature:
 Unpacking linux-base (from .../linux-base_3.4ubuntu2_all.deb) ...
 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-base_3.4ubuntu2_all.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/perf.1.gz', which is also in package linux-tools-common 3.2.0-25.40
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/perf.1.gz', which is also in package linux-tools-common 3.2.0-25.40
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
SourcePackage: linux-base
Title: package linux-base (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/perf.1.gz', which is also in package linux-tools-common 3.2.0-25.40
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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