ibunique-dev_1.1.6-1ubuntu1_i386.deb Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code

Bug #493608 reported by arky
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
libunique (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
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Lucid
Fix Released
High
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Bug Description

The following extra packages will be installed:
  libunique-dev
Suggested packages:
  libunique-doc
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libunique-dev
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
39 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/29.7kB of archives.
After this operation, 32.8kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Reading changelogs... Done
(Reading database ... 459652 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libunique-dev 1.1.2-1ubuntu1 (using .../libunique-dev_1.1.6-1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libunique-dev ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libunique-dev_1.1.6-1ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/gir-1.0/Unique-1.0.gir', which is also in package gobject-introspection-repository 0:0.6.5-0ubuntu1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libunique-dev_1.1.6-1ubuntu1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

broke karmic to lucid upgrade for me too ...

Changed in libunique (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Triaged
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

i think this the second upgrade in a few weeks where i got this ... so targetting for lucid

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

bug 513441 is another one that suffers from the same problem.

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

(bug 513441 is for webkit though)

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

The auto-upgrade-tester just hit this too:

[8.9172] libunique-dev: Preparing libunique-dev
Preparing to replace libunique-dev 1.1.2-1ubuntu1 (using .../libunique-dev_1.1.6-1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libunique-dev ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libunique-dev_1.1.6-1ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/gir-1.0/Unique-1.0.gir', which is also in package gobject-introspection-repository 0:0.6.5-0ubuntu1
dist-upgrade.py returned: 1

Changed in libunique (Ubuntu Lucid):
milestone: none → ubuntu-10.04-beta-2
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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

I uploaded a fix into lucid, its currently in the beta1 freeze queue

Changed in libunique (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package libunique - 1.1.6-1ubuntu2

---------------
libunique (1.1.6-1ubuntu2) lucid; urgency=low

  * add missing replaces on gobject-introspection-repository
    (LP: #493608)
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:24:01 +0100

Changed in libunique (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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