This was never an apt bug; the log shows:
Selecting previously deselected package wine1.2. dpkg: regarding .../wine1.2_1.1.42-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb containing wine1.2: wine1.2 conflicts with wine (<< 1.2) wine (version 1.1.42-0ubuntu4) is present and unpacked but not configured.
That's an error message from dpkg rather than apt.
I suspect the bug has been fixed in the meantime, as it hasn't been reported with later versions of dpkg.
This was never an apt bug; the log shows:
Selecting previously deselected package wine1.2. 2_1.1.42- 0ubuntu4_ amd64.deb containing wine1.2:
dpkg: regarding .../wine1.
wine1.2 conflicts with wine (<< 1.2)
wine (version 1.1.42-0ubuntu4) is present and unpacked but not configured.
That's an error message from dpkg rather than apt.
I suspect the bug has been fixed in the meantime, as it hasn't been reported with later versions of dpkg.