package account-plugin-google 0.12+16.04.20160126-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/signon-ui/webkit-options.d/accounts.google.com.conf', which is also in package kaccounts-providers 4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1

Bug #1617608 reported by billyboy
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This bug affects 15 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
One Hundred Papercuts
Confirmed
High
Unassigned
account-plugins (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

no crash, just a failed update message.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: account-plugin-google 0.12+16.04.20160126-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-36.55-generic 4.4.16
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Aug 27 19:06:15 2016
DuplicateSignature:
 package:account-plugin-google:0.12+16.04.20160126-0ubuntu1
 Unpacking account-plugin-google (0.13+16.04.20160719-0ubuntu1) over (0.12+16.04.20160126-0ubuntu1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/account-plugin-google_0.13+16.04.20160719-0ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/etc/signon-ui/webkit-options.d/accounts.google.com.conf', which is also in package kaccounts-providers 4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/etc/signon-ui/webkit-options.d/accounts.google.com.conf', which is also in package kaccounts-providers 4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-26 (489 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
SourcePackage: account-plugins
Title: package account-plugin-google 0.12+16.04.20160126-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/signon-ui/webkit-options.d/accounts.google.com.conf', which is also in package kaccounts-providers 4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-05-02 (117 days ago)

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billyboy (bm020a0357) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in account-plugins (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in account-plugins (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → High
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Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1622499, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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