package grub-emu 1.99~20101126-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man8/grub-mknetdir.8.gz', which is also in package grub-pc 1.99~20101126-1ubuntu1

Bug #683130 reported by Scott Moser
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
grub2 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Colin Watson

Bug Description

Binary package hint: grub2

Doing an upgrade in natty pulled the new grub packages and caused this failure.

Preparing to replace grub-emu 1.98+20100804-7ubuntu1 (using .../grub-emu_1.99~20101126-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement grub-emu ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/grub-emu_1.99~20101126-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man8/grub-mknetdir.8.gz', which is also in package grub-pc 1.99~20101126-1ubuntu1
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: grub-emu 1.99~20101126-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-5.13-generic 2.6.37-rc2
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-5-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxdrv
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 30 08:55:36 2010
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man8/grub-mknetdir.8.gz', which is also in package grub-pc 1.99~20101126-1ubuntu1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318)
SourcePackage: grub2
Title: package grub-emu 1.99~20101126-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man8/grub-mknetdir.8.gz', which is also in package grub-pc 1.99~20101126-1ubuntu1

Revision history for this message
Scott Moser (smoser) wrote :
Colin Watson (cjwatson)
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Colin Watson (cjwatson)
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package grub2 - 1.99~20101126-1ubuntu3

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grub2 (1.99~20101126-1ubuntu3) natty; urgency=low

  * Remove grub-mknetdir from grub-emu (LP: #683130).
 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:33:19 +0000

Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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