Public bug reported: Binary package hint: glibc-doc-reference
1. Install package glibc-doc. 2. Install package glibc-doc-reference 3. There is no step three, it fails with: dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/glibc-doc-reference_2.3.6-1_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/doc-base/glibc-manual', which is also in package glibc-doc dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/glibc-doc-reference_2.3.6-1_all.deb Should be simple to fix. But I am asking myself why the heck it happens so often. It should be rather trivial to have a program check the whole archive if all packages whose files conflict with the files of other packages do declare a conflict with these other packages in the control file. If that is not the case, either the control file is wrong or the package contents are wrong. The data needed for this tool is already gathered by packages.ubuntu.com "Search the contents of packages". This check should be made _before_ inclusion of a new package upload. ** Affects: glibc-doc-reference (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- [edgy] glibc-doc-reference is uninstallable https://launchpad.net/bugs/61120 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs