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sip4-qt3 package

package python-sip (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/pyshared/python2.6/sip.so', which is also in package python-sip4 0:4.10.0-0ubuntu1

Bug #517289 reported by James Dearing
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sip4-qt3 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

(2nd try reporting this bug, something went wrong with Launchpad on first try)

I was installing software updates, and I saw that Update Manager listed this package (python-sip) as a new install. I apparently already have python-sip4 installed.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Feb 4 13:59:44 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/pyshared/python2.6/sip.so', which is also in package python-sip4 0:4.10.0-0ubuntu1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20091209)
Package: python-sip (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-12.16-generic
SourcePackage: sip4-qt3
Title: package python-sip (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/pyshared/python2.6/sip.so', which is also in package python-sip4 0:4.10.0-0ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-12-generic i686

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lp:ubuntu/lucid/sip4-qt3
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James Dearing (dearingj) wrote :
description: updated
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mimg2805 (mimg2805) wrote :

I resolved the bug searching for the package after upgrade on Synaptic, and then marking it for reinstalling. It automatically installs the needed package. Do tell if this fix works for you.

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James Dearing (dearingj) wrote :

@mimg2805:
Thanks, that appears to have worked :)

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Bluppie (benhyper) wrote :

Works for me to, synaptic safed the day! ;)

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Knatchwa (rl-marr) wrote :

Yeah that did the trick just running the update one more time after searching for it, though don't know if it made any difference that I was using amd64 but thanks @mimg2805 did the trick.

Richard Wilbur (richard-wilbur)
Changed in sip4-qt3 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Richard Wilbur (richard-wilbur) wrote :

When I first tried to re-update by 'check'ing again, update-manager crashed lp517464. Next time I re-ran update-manager it told me there were problems with the packages and offered to perform a partial distribution upgrade (3 packages removed, 6 new packages installed, 15 upgraded). I'll report back how that worked out.

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Richard Wilbur (richard-wilbur) wrote :

Looks like the partial distribution upgrade cleared up the package problem for me (i386). Should have never appeared, though. This is not stuff for the faint of heart.

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Max Bowsher (maxb) wrote :

The cause is failure to declare appropriate Conflicts and Replaces when renaming the package.

Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)
Changed in sip4-qt3 (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package sip4-qt3 - 4.10.0-2ubuntu2

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sip4-qt3 (4.10.0-2ubuntu2) lucid; urgency=low

  * Fix Replaces; they need to be (<< 4.10.0-2ubuntu1) rather than (<<
    4.10.0-0ubuntu1), because 4.10.0-0ubuntu1 still used the old package
    names (LP: #517289).
 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:42:16 -0800

Changed in sip4-qt3 (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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