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ubuntu-release-upgrader package

package ubuntu-release-upgrader-core (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/update-manager/release-upgrades', which is also in package update-manager-core 1:0.165

Bug #1021292 reported by Antenore Gatta on 2012-07-05

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1020229: package python3-distupgrade (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/DistUpgrade/__init__.py', which is also in package python3-update-manager 1:0.164. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I was updating through the update manager when I received this exception

The version of ubuntu I'm using is:

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu quantal (development branch)
Release: 12.10

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-2.2-generic 3.5.0-rc4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-2-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.2.5-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jul 5 15:15:48 2012
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/etc/update-manager/release-upgrades', which is also in package update-manager-core 1:0.165
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120612)
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Title: package ubuntu-release-upgrader-core (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/update-manager/release-upgrades', which is also in package update-manager-core 1:0.165
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Antenore Gatta (antenore) wrote on 2012-07-05:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (8.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (335 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (61.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (13.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (6.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Edward Donovan (edward.donovan) wrote on 2012-07-17:

This is the problem fixed in bug 1020229; this package needed to be marked as replacing the older package. It has been fixed, and should be on your mirror by now, or very soon. Thanks.