package whoopsie-preferences 0.9 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/com.ubuntu.whoopsiepreferences.policy', which is also in package activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu6.1

Bug #1206978 reported by paul summers
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whoopsie-preferences (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

was installing NVidia 325.08 via the tty-1method... crtl-atl-f1...then sudo services lightdm stop... sudo ./NVidia ... restarted then first thing upon being on desktop this error reports.

nvidiacould not compile the kernal... so i guess it is to saucy salamander too-new-problem. did not check to see if the nvidia driver works under saucy...

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: whoopsie-preferences 0.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-6.17-generic 3.10.3
Uname: Linux 3.10.0-6-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.11-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jul 31 11:28:53 2013
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Unpacking libwhoopsie-preferences0 (from .../libwhoopsie-preferences0_0.9_i386.deb) ...
 Selecting previously unselected package whoopsie-preferences.
 Unpacking whoopsie-preferences (from .../whoopsie-preferences_0.9_i386.deb) ...
 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/whoopsie-preferences_0.9_i386.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/com.ubuntu.whoopsiepreferences.policy', which is also in package activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu6.1
DuplicateSignature: package:whoopsie-preferences:0.9:trying to overwrite '/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/com.ubuntu.whoopsiepreferences.policy', which is also in package activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu6.1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/com.ubuntu.whoopsiepreferences.policy', which is also in package activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu6.1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-07-31 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha i386 (20130704)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: whoopsie-preferences
Title: package whoopsie-preferences 0.9 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/com.ubuntu.whoopsiepreferences.policy', which is also in package activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu6.1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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paul summers (paulsum) 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 whoopsie-preferences (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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