Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: openoffice.org-help-en

Hi all, 
    I tried to install the openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us & it didn't work 
out. This is the output generated :-

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo aptitude install openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information       
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done      
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us 
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 32.5kB of archives. After unpacking 127kB will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us 
2.3-5 [32.5kB]
Fetched 32.5kB in 2s (12.8kB/s)                          
Selecting previously deselected package openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us.
(Reading database ... 318646 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us (from 
.../openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us_2.3-5_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing 
/var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us_2.3-5_all.deb 
(--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/share/myspell/dicts/hyph_en_US.dic', which is also 
in package openoffice.org-hyphenation
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us_2.3-5_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Reading package lists... Done             
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information       
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
Building tag database... Done             

Did a workaround by doing this :-

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg --force-conflicts --force-overwrite -i 
/var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us_2.3-5_all.deb
(Reading database ... 318646 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us (from 
.../openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us_2.3-5_all.deb) ...
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
 trying to overwrite `/usr/share/myspell/dicts/hyph_en_US.dic', which is also 
in package openoffice.org-hyphenation
Setting up openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us (2.3-5) ...
Updating OpenOffice.org's dictionary list... done.

Comments, suggestions anybody?

** Affects: openoffice.org-help-en (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Installing openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us invokes a conflict
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192401
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