package tzdata 2022g-7ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/zoneinfo-icu/44/be/metaZones.res', which is also in package tzdata-icu 2022g-7ubuntu2

[Sanjeev Gupta]

Unpacking tzdata (2023a-0ubuntu0.22.10.0) over (2022g-7ubuntu2) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/tzdata_2023a-0ubuntu0.22.10.0_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/zoneinfo-icu/44/be/metaZones.res', which is also in package tzdata-icu 2022g-7ubuntu2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/tzdata_2023a-0ubuntu0.22.10.0_all.deb

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04
Package: tzdata 2022g-7ubuntu2
Uname: Linux 6.2.7-060207-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.26.0-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
Date: Fri Mar 24 12:17:53 2023
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/zoneinfo-icu/44/be/metaZones.res', which is also in package tzdata-icu 2022g-7ubuntu2
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-09-07 (197 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Alpha amd64 (20220829)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.11, Python 3.11.2, python3-minimal, 3.11.2-1
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.21.21ubuntu1
 apt 2.6.0
SourcePackage: tzdata
Title: package tzdata 2022g-7ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/zoneinfo-icu/44/be/metaZones.res', which is also in package tzdata-icu 2022g-7ubuntu2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

You are running Ubuntu 23.04 (lunar), but you want to install tzdata 2023a-0ubuntu0.22.10.0 from Ubuntu 22.10 (kinetic). I recommend to fix your APT sources list.

tzdata was split in lunar. tzdata 2023b-1exp1ubuntu1 in lunar-proposed ensures that it correctly conflicts even with tzdata updates in older Ubuntu releases. So I am marking this bug as fixed.