package libsensors4 1:3.4.0-2 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/etc/sensors.d/.placeholder', which is different from other instances of package libsensors4:i386

Bug #1722563 reported by Tomasz Kowaltowski
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My updater suggested I sent this report

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libsensors4 1:3.4.0-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-87.110-generic 4.4.73
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-87-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 10 12:00:32 2017
Dependencies:
 gcc-6-base 6.0.1-0ubuntu1
 libc6 2.23-0ubuntu9
 libgcc1 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libsensors4:1:3.4.0-2
 Unpacking libsensors4:i386 (1:3.4.0-2) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libsensors4_1%3a3.4.0-2_i386.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite shared '/etc/sensors.d/.placeholder', which is different from other instances of package libsensors4:i386
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite shared '/etc/sensors.d/.placeholder', which is different from other instances of package libsensors4:i386
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-31 (404 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160217.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.24
SourcePackage: lm-sensors
Title: package libsensors4 1:3.4.0-2 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/etc/sensors.d/.placeholder', which is different from other instances of package libsensors4:i386
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-31 (404 days ago)

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Tomasz Kowaltowski (tkowaltowski) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1707360, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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