package python-argcomplete (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/python-argcomplete-tcsh', which is also in package python3-argcomplete 1.7.0-0.1ubuntu1

[shemgp]

Just upgraded Zesty development version and this error showed up.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: python-argcomplete (not installed)
Uname: Linux 4.9.0-040900-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Feb 15 20:13:00 2017
DuplicateSignature:
 package:python-argcomplete:(not installed)
 Unpacking python-argcomplete (1.7.0-0.1ubuntu1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-XsMv3P/52-python-argcomplete_1.7.0-0.1ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/python-argcomplete-tcsh', which is also in package python3-argcomplete 1.7.0-0.1ubuntu1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/python-argcomplete-tcsh', which is also in package python3-argcomplete 1.7.0-0.1ubuntu1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-28 (506 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1
 apt 1.4~beta4ubuntu1
SourcePackage: python-argcomplete
Title: package python-argcomplete (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/python-argcomplete-tcsh', which is also in package python3-argcomplete 1.7.0-0.1ubuntu1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-01-08 (38 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)]

Thanks for taking your time to report this issue and help making Ubuntu better.

The underlying issue here seems to be that the path /usr/bin/python-argcomplete-tcsh is added by both python-argcomplete [1] and python3-argcomplete [2]. Looking at version 1.8.1-1 (which currently fails to build in artful-proposed), the python3-package seems to have added a 3-prefix to python-argcomplete-tcsh as well [3]. Maybe this version or a similar fix would resolve the conflict?

[1] https://packages.ubuntu.com/artful/all/python-argcomplete/filelist
[2] https://packages.ubuntu.com/artful/all/python3-argcomplete/filelist
[3] https://packages.debian.org/sid/all/python3-argcomplete/filelist

[Michael Hudson-Doyle (mwhudson)]

Oops, I forgot to close-by-changelog this bug when I fixed the ftbfs

[Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)]

Thanks for fixing this issue. Based on the recent duplicates, it looks like this is still present in 17.04. Are there any plans for an SRU (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates)? :)

[Md. Rakib Ahmed Nishad (dbmdran)]

thank you for your kind information

On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 10:44 PM, Hans Joachim Desserud <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Thanks for fixing this issue. Based on the recent duplicates, it looks
> like this is still present in 17.04. Are there any plans for an SRU
> (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates)? :)
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are a bug assignee.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1665314
>
> Title:
> package python-argcomplete (not installed) failed to install/upgrade:
> trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/python-argcomplete-tcsh', which is also
> in package python3-argcomplete 1.7.0-0.1ubuntu1
>
> Status in python-argcomplete package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in python-argcomplete source package in Artful:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Just upgraded Zesty development version and this error showed up.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
> Package: python-argcomplete (not installed)
> Uname: Linux 4.9.0-040900-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Wed Feb 15 20:13:00 2017
> DuplicateSignature:
> package:python-argcomplete:(not installed)
> Unpacking python-argcomplete (1.7.0-0.1ubuntu1) ...
> dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-XsMv3P/
> 52-python-argcomplete_1.7.0-0.1ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/python-argcomplete-tcsh', which is also
> in package python3-argcomplete 1.7.0-0.1ubuntu1
> ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/python-argcomplete-tcsh',
> which is also in package python3-argcomplete 1.7.0-0.1ubuntu1
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-28 (506 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1
> apt 1.4~beta4ubuntu1
> SourcePackage: python-argcomplete
> Title: package python-argcomplete (not installed) failed to
> install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/python-argcomplete-tcsh',
> which is also in package python3-argcomplete 1.7.0-0.1ubuntu1
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-01-08 (38 days ago)
>
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