Causes upgrade to Dapper to fail

i confirm this bug. me too

Preparando para reemplazar coreutils 5.2.1-2ubuntu2 (usando .../coreutils_5.93-5ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...
Removing `local diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/md5sum.textutils.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/md5sum.1.gz'
dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting `/usr/share/man/man1/md5sum.textutils.1.gz' with
  different file `/usr/share/man/man1/md5sum.1.gz', not allowed
dpkg: error al procesar /var/cache/apt/archives/coreutils_5.93-5ubuntu4_i386.deb (--unpack):
 el subproceso pre-installation script devolvió el código de salida de error 2
Se encontraron errores al procesar:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/coreutils_5.93-5ubuntu4_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

from a fresh installation of breezy and updated to 25/5/06, i can not upgrade to dapper.

a simple
sudo rm /usr/share/man/man1/md5sum.*
sudo apt-get install coreutils

make coreutils install and complete the upgrade complete. no glitches
discovered after that. i'm now in dapper.

2006/5/27, Michael Vogt <email address hidden>:
>
> ** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu)
> Severity: Normal => Major
> Target: None => ubuntu-6.06
>
> --
> Causes upgrade to Dapper to fail
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/42907
>

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Una delgada linea nos separa, yo la llamo... 'Talento'

bug #53469 is marked to duplicate of this bug. Here is output of #53469

Machine: HP6545C, P3 500MHz, 256M ram, 6G hd. Had only Breezy, installed from your disk. I went to the net to upgrade to Dapper, and got a message to report this bug to you. Here are the details:
  in window with red-disc-with-white-bar, boldface text: Could not install 'var/cache/apt/archives/coreutils_5.93-5ubuntu4_i386.deb'
  then in ordinary type: The upgrade aborts now. Please report this bug.
  then in a sub-window: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2

Underneath this is a window entitled Upgrading Ubuntu
 boldface heading: Upgrading to Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
   (check mark) Preparing the upgrade
   (check mark) Modifying the software channels
   (green ball) (boldface) Downloading and installing the upgrades
   (no decorations) Cleaning up
                              Restarting the system
Progress bar about 1/3 filled in, About 1 hours 42 minutes remaining
(italic) Preparing coreutils

Here are the last bits of text from the terminal window:

Preparing to replace sysv-rc 2.86.ds1-1.1ubuntu6 (using .../sysv-rc_2.86.ds1-6ubuntu32_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement sysv-rc ...
Setting up sysv-rc (2.86.ds1-6ubuntu32) ...

(Reading database ... 62176 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace coreutils 5.2.1-2ubuntu2 (using .../coreutils_5.93-5ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...
Removing `local diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/md5sum.textutils.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/md5sum.textutils.1.gz'
dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting `/usr/share/man/man1/md5sum.textutils.1.gz' with
  different file `/usr/share/man/man1/md5sum.1.gz', not allowed
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/opt/archives/coreutils_5.93-5ubuntu4_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encounteredwhile processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/coreutils_5.93-5ubuntu4_i385.deb
dapper: Fatal IO error 9 (Bad file descriptor) on X server :0.0

(All this stuff was copied by hand, so there may be some typos. CMcC)

Michael, is this still an open issue?

It isn't a issue on dapper->edgy upgrades. But under rare circumstances it happend during breezy->dapper.

in today's updates, a fresh breezy install CAN be updated to dapper without
problems.
and that 'dapper-from-breezy' install can be updated to edgy

at the time of the bug repport, a breezy OS used in everyday work, failed to
update to dapper. i think that possibly a previous update of coreutils (in
breezy everyday updates) broken the package and causes upgrade to dapper to
fail.

this is an old bug and has little feedback. i think that you might close
then as 'not-reproducible' or 'little-incidence' or 'resolved by a new
coreutils update'

2006/10/24, Michael Vogt <email address hidden>:
>
> It isn't a issue on dapper->edgy upgrades. But under rare circumstances
> it happend during breezy->dapper.
>
> --
> Causes upgrade to Dapper to fail
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/42907
>

Given that breezy has been end-of-lifed for some time now and this bug has not yet been fixed, I think we should be realistic that it isn't going to be in the future either. Marking as 'wontfix'