package minetest-data (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/minetest/README.txt.gz', which is also in package minetest 0.4.17.1-ppa0~ubuntu18.04.1

[Danny Strickland]

Summary: Mintest 4.17 from the PPA does NOT like it when you try to download Mintest 4.16's data files from the Ubuntu Repositories

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: minetest-data (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-23.25-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
AptOrdering:
 fonts-croscore:amd64: Install
 python-olefile:amd64: Install
 python-pil:amd64: Install
 minetest-data:amd64: Install
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jul 5 19:47:32 2018
DuplicateSignature:
 package:minetest-data:(not installed)
 Unpacking minetest-data (0.4.16+repack-4) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/minetest-data_0.4.16+repack-4_all.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/minetest/README.txt.gz', which is also in package minetest 0.4.17.1-ppa0~ubuntu18.04.1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/minetest/README.txt.gz', which is also in package minetest 0.4.17.1-ppa0~ubuntu18.04.1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-07-05 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
 apt 1.6.2
SourcePackage: minetest
Title: package minetest-data (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/minetest/README.txt.gz', which is also in package minetest 0.4.17.1-ppa0~ubuntu18.04.1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Juhani Numminen (jsonic)]

Thank you for reporting. I hope I managed to fix this dependency problem in the PPA version by adding a 'Conflicts' and 'Replaces' relation. The fixed versions are those starting with 5.0.1-ppa1.