package kate-data 4:4.14.2-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/kde4/apps/katepart/syntax/kconfig.xml', which is also in package katepart 4:4.14.2-0ubuntu1

Bug #1395466 reported by Carla Sella
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This bug affects 5 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
kate
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
kate (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Philip Muškovac

Bug Description

All I did was run sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get dist-upgrade.
I received a dependency error so I then ran sudo apt-get -f install.
After reboot got this error.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: kate-data 4:4.14.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-10.15-generic 3.16.1
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-10-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Nov 23 11:33:02 2014
Dependencies:

DuplicateSignature: package:kate-data:4:4.14.2-0ubuntu1:trying to overwrite '/usr/share/kde4/apps/katepart/syntax/kconfig.xml', which is also in package katepart 4:4.14.2-0ubuntu1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/kde4/apps/katepart/syntax/kconfig.xml', which is also in package katepart 4:4.14.2-0ubuntu1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-13 (282 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140211)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: kate
Title: package kate-data 4:4.14.2-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/kde4/apps/katepart/syntax/kconfig.xml', which is also in package katepart 4:4.14.2-0ubuntu1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2014-05-04 (202 days ago)

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Carla Sella (carla-sella) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Carla Sella (carla-sella) wrote :

After another reboot:

letozaf@letozaf-PC:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
[sudo] password for letozaf:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 katepart : Depends: kate-data (>= 4:4.14.3-0ubuntu1) but 4:4.14.2-0ubuntu1 is installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
letozaf@letozaf-PC:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libmircommon2 libmirplatform3 libmirplatform3driver-mesa libmirserver26
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  kate-data
The following packages will be upgraded:
  kate-data
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/1.542 kB of archives.
After this operation, 79,9 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(Reading database ... 938925 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../kate-data_4%3a4.14.3-0ubuntu1_all.deb ...
Unpacking kate-data (4:4.14.3-0ubuntu1) over (4:4.14.2-0ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/kate-data_4%3a4.14.3-0ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/kde4/apps/katepart/syntax/kconfig.xml', which is also in package katepart 4:4.14.3-0ubuntu1
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/kate-data_4%3a4.14.3-0ubuntu1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

description: updated
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in kate (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Frieder (berndkoresch)
no longer affects: kate
Changed in kate (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
Philip Muškovac (yofel)
Changed in kate (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Philip Muškovac (yofel)
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Philip Muškovac (yofel) wrote :

Closing the kate task as this has nothing to do with the application itself.

Changed in kate:
status: New → Invalid
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package kate - 4:4.14.3-0ubuntu3

---------------
kate (4:4.14.3-0ubuntu3) vivid; urgency=medium

  * Fix autopkgtest run by making sure DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH is defined in the
    testsuite
 -- Philip Muskovac <email address hidden> Thu, 27 Nov 2014 21:12:08 +0100

Changed in kate (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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