package xorg 1:7.6 7ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/xorg', which is also in package xserver-xorg 1:7.6 7ubuntu2

Bug #812665 reported by Curtis Knight
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xorg (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Critical
Canonical Desktop Team

Bug Description

1: Description: Ubuntu oneiric (development branch)
Release: 11.10
2: xorg:
  Installed: 1:7.6+7ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:7.6+7ubuntu2
  Version table:
     1:7.6+7ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages
 *** 1:7.6+7ubuntu1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3: Automatic upgrade - apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
4: Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/xorg_1%3a7.6+7ubuntu2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-3.4-generic 3.0.0-rc5
Uname: Linux 3.0-3-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jul 18 23:10:05 2011
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/xorg', which is also in package xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110705.1)
SourcePackage: xorg
Title: package xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/xorg', which is also in package xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-09 (9 days ago)

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Curtis Knight (knighcl) wrote :
Bryce Harrington (bryce)
Changed in xorg (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Critical
assignee: nobody → Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team)
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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

(The problem seems to be due to a recent Debian change that adds a symlink for the docs, which conflicts in Ubuntu with a docs symlink created some years ago. Packagers are investigating...)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package xorg - 1:7.6+7ubuntu3

---------------
xorg (1:7.6+7ubuntu3) oneiric; urgency=low

  * debian/rules:
    - Reverse the symlinking of /usr/share/doc directories to x11-common.
      This should now be handled automatically by pkgbinarymangler, and the
      directory symlink now causes file conflicts. (LP: #812665)
 -- Christopher James Halse Rogers <email address hidden> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:32:01 +1000

Changed in xorg (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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