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
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[edgy] glibc-doc-reference is uninstallable
https://launchpad.net/bugs/61120
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