package libperl5.26 5.26.1-6 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libperl5.26/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libperl5.26:i386

[totalmachine]

Unpacking libperl5.26:i386 (5.26.1-6) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libperl5.26_5.26.1-6_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libperl5.26/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libperl5.26:i386
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libperl5.26_5.26.1-6_i386.deb

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: libperl5.26 5.26.1-6
Uname: Linux 4.16.0-041600rc5-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Apr 25 15:44:40 2018
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libperl5.26:5.26.1-6
 Unpacking libperl5.26:i386 (5.26.1-6) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-JalqLj/11-libperl5.26_5.26.1-6_i386.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libperl5.26/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libperl5.26:i386
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libperl5.26/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libperl5.26:i386
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-11 (560 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Alpha amd64 (20161008)
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 1.6.1
SourcePackage: perl
Title: package libperl5.26 5.26.1-6 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libperl5.26/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libperl5.26:i386
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2017-10-19 (187 days ago)

[Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)]

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.