package libperl5.22 5.22.2-3 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libperl5.22/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libperl5.22:i386

Bug #1640734 reported by Max
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Bug Description

Wanted to install scanner

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: libperl5.22 5.22.2-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-26.28-generic 4.8.0
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Nov 10 10:56:59 2016
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libperl5.22:5.22.2-3
 Unpacking libperl5.22:i386 (5.22.2-3) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Il1Esk/23-libperl5.22_5.22.2-3_i386.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libperl5.22/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libperl5.22:i386
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libperl5.22/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libperl5.22:i386
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-29 (103 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160720)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1
 apt 1.3.1
SourcePackage: perl
Title: package libperl5.22 5.22.2-3 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libperl5.22/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libperl5.22:i386
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-15 (25 days ago)

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Max (max-wittig95) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in perl (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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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 1574351, 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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