This error is still persisting in ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS:

# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
Release:	14.04
Codename:	trusty



# LANG=C apt-get install wine
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  ruby-rgen ruby-safe-yaml
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  attr cabextract fonts-horai-umefont fonts-unfonts-core fonts-wqy-microhei
  libaio1 libcapi20-3 libcapi20-3:i386 libexif12:i386 libgd3:i386 libgif4:i386
  libglamor0 libglu1-mesa:i386 libgphoto2-6:i386 libgphoto2-port10:i386
  libgpm2:i386 libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0:i386 libgstreamer0.10-0:i386
  libhdb9-heimdal libieee1284-3:i386 libkdc2-heimdal liblcms2-2:i386
  libltdl7:i386 libmpg123-0 libmpg123-0:i386 libncurses5:i386 libnss-winbind
  libopenal-data libopenal1 libopenal1:i386 libosmesa6 libosmesa6:i386
  libp11-kit-gnome-keyring:i386 libpam-winbind libsane:i386 libspice-server1
  libusb-1.0-0:i386 libv4l-0:i386 libv4lconvert0:i386 libvpx1:i386
  libxatracker2 libxpm4:i386 libxvmc1 ocl-icd-libopencl1
  ocl-icd-libopencl1:i386 p11-kit-modules:i386 p7zip python-dnspython samba
  samba-dsdb-modules samba-vfs-modules tdb-tools ttf-mscorefonts-installer
  ttf-wqy-microhei unixODBC winbind wine-gecko2.21 wine-gecko2.21:i386
  wine-mono0.0.8 wine1.6 wine1.6-amd64 wine1.6-i386:i386 winetricks
  xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-cirrus
  xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-glamoregl
  xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-mga
  xserver-xorg-video-modesetting xserver-xorg-video-neomagic
  xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
  xserver-xorg-video-qxl xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-radeon
  xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-savage
  xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis
  xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident
  xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware
Suggested packages:
  isdnutils-doc isdnutils-doc:i386 libgd-tools:i386 gphoto2:i386 gtkam:i386
  gpm:i386 libvisual-0.4-plugins:i386 gstreamer-codec-install:i386
  gnome-codec-install:i386 gstreamer0.10-tools:i386
  gstreamer0.10-plugins-base:i386 liblcms2-utils:i386 libroar-compat2
  libportaudio2:i386 libroar-compat2:i386 hplip:i386 hpoj:i386
  libsane-extras:i386 opencl-icd opencl-icd:i386 bind9 bind9utils ldb-tools
  ntp smbldap-tools dosbox:any firmware-linux
Recommended packages:
  unixODBC:i386 wine-mono0.0.8:i386
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  fglrx fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-core fglrx-dev
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  attr cabextract fonts-horai-umefont fonts-unfonts-core fonts-wqy-microhei
  libaio1 libcapi20-3 libcapi20-3:i386 libexif12:i386 libgd3:i386 libgif4:i386
  libglamor0 libglu1-mesa:i386 libgphoto2-6:i386 libgphoto2-port10:i386
  libgpm2:i386 libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0:i386 libgstreamer0.10-0:i386
  libhdb9-heimdal libieee1284-3:i386 libkdc2-heimdal liblcms2-2:i386
  libltdl7:i386 libmpg123-0 libmpg123-0:i386 libncurses5:i386 libnss-winbind
  libopenal-data libopenal1 libopenal1:i386 libosmesa6 libosmesa6:i386
  libp11-kit-gnome-keyring:i386 libpam-winbind libsane:i386 libspice-server1
  libusb-1.0-0:i386 libv4l-0:i386 libv4lconvert0:i386 libvpx1:i386
  libxatracker2 libxpm4:i386 libxvmc1 ocl-icd-libopencl1
  ocl-icd-libopencl1:i386 p11-kit-modules:i386 p7zip python-dnspython samba
  samba-dsdb-modules samba-vfs-modules tdb-tools ttf-mscorefonts-installer
  ttf-wqy-microhei unixODBC winbind wine wine-gecko2.21 wine-gecko2.21:i386
  wine-mono0.0.8 wine1.6 wine1.6-amd64 wine1.6-i386:i386 winetricks
  xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-cirrus
  xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-glamoregl
  xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-mga
  xserver-xorg-video-modesetting xserver-xorg-video-neomagic
  xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
  xserver-xorg-video-qxl xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-radeon
  xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-savage
  xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis
  xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident
  xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware
0 upgraded, 88 newly installed, 4 to remove and 14 not upgraded.
Need to get 105 MB/156 MB of archives.
After this operation, 152 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.