package libnss3 2:3.16.3-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libnss3/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libnss3:amd64

Bug #1374561 reported by Guillaume Merindol
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nss (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

apt-get install broken

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: libnss3 2:3.16.3-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-36.63-generic 3.13.11.6
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 26 19:49:38 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:libnss3:2:3.16.3-1ubuntu1:trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libnss3/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libnss3:amd64
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libnss3/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libnss3:amd64
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-22 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
SourcePackage: nss
Title: package libnss3 2:3.16.3-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libnss3/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libnss3:amd64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Guillaume Merindol (g-m-merindol) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Seth Arnold (seth-arnold) wrote :

Looks vaguely like you've got both i386 and amd64 versions of libnss3 installed and only tried to upgrade the amd64 version for a security update...

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Blue_Bullet (nrburness) wrote : Fixed

I simply renamed the offending debian.gz file to debian.gzx via root
actions in Dolphin and then fixed broken packages in synaptic.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in nss (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer) wrote :

I duped a few more bugs onto this one - the reason usually really is only updating one of the two architectures wich then have colliding content
.
I wonder thou why this sort of issue should pile up especially on libnss3?

Is there any dependency or install guide out there which makes this particularly prone to have 32/64 bit installed at the same time?

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