package xorg 1:7.6 7ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/xorg', which is also in package xserver-xorg 1:7.6 7ubuntu2
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
xorg (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Canonical Desktop Team |
Bug Description
1: Description: Ubuntu oneiric (development branch)
Release: 11.10
2: xorg:
Installed: 1:7.6+7ubuntu1
Candidate: 1:7.6+7ubuntu2
Version table:
1:7.6+7ubuntu2 0
500 http://
*** 1:7.6+7ubuntu1 0
100 /var/lib/
3: Automatic upgrade - apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
4: Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0-3-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jul 18 23:10:05 2011
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110705.1)
SourcePackage: xorg
Title: package xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-09 (9 days ago)
Related branches
Changed in xorg (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
assignee: | nobody → Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) |
(The problem seems to be due to a recent Debian change that adds a symlink for the docs, which conflicts in Ubuntu with a docs symlink created some years ago. Packagers are investigating...)