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package linux-firmware 1.79 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/ar3k/ramps_0x31010000_40.dfu', which is also in package bt-dw1705-firmware 0.1

Bug #1270915 reported by Tamara on 2014-01-20

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1358025: package linux-firmware 1.79.1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/ar3k/ramps_0x31010000_40.dfu', which is also in package bt-dw1705-firmware 0.2. Edit Remove

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux-firmware (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

it constantly detects a system problem. I am a new ubuntu user and when I have tried to update and upgrade via terminal it led me here.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-firmware 1.79
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-58.88-generic 3.2.53
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-58-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
AptOrdering:
linux-firmware: Install
linux-firmware: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jan 20 19:28:18 2014
Dependencies:

DistributionChannelDescriptor:
# This is a distribution channel descriptor
# For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
canonical-oem-somerville-precise-amd64-20120703-2
DpkgTerminalLog:
Preparing to replace linux-firmware 1.79 (using .../linux-firmware_1.79.9_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-firmware ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-firmware_1.79.9_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/ar3k/ramps_0x31010000_40.dfu', which is also in package bt-dw1705-firmware 0.1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/ar3k/ramps_0x31010000_40.dfu', which is also in package bt-dw1705-firmware 0.1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20120703-15:08
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: linux-firmware
Title: package linux-firmware 1.79 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/ar3k/ramps_0x31010000_40.dfu', which is also in package bt-dw1705-firmware 0.1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Tamara (tamara-s-ivanovic) wrote on 2014-01-20:

Df.txt Edit (335 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (108.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (124.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Seth Arnold (seth-arnold) wrote on 2014-01-21: Bug is not a security issue

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

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Private Security → Public

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Anthony Wong (anthonywong) wrote on 2014-01-30:

Looks like there is file conflict between the pre-installed packages bt-dw1705-firmware and linux-firmware. As the linux-firmware package now contains the necessary file, you can remove the bt-dw1705-firmware package from Ubuntu Software Center or by the command 'sudo apt-get remove bt-dw1705-firmware' on the command line.