package enlightenment None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/enlightenment.list] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/gen_menu.1.gz', which is also in package e16-data

Bug #704281 reported by cgr1nix
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: enlightenment

...was installing enlightenment plus some other packages via synaptic,using ubuntu repos+google repo(for chrome browser)+virtualbox repo...not sure if there is a security issue,justed check the notification box indicating that it maybe an issue...checked all gpg repo sigs,is ok...hav'nt a clue why it crashed...

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jan 18 14:07:03 2011
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/gen_menu.1.gz', which is also in package e16-data
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: enlightenment None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/enlightenment.list]
PackageArchitecture: amd64
SourcePackage: enlightenment
Title: package enlightenment None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/enlightenment.list] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/gen_menu.1.gz', which is also in package e16-data
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-28-rt x86_64

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cgr1nix (cgr1dev) wrote :
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Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) wrote :

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

security vulnerability: yes → no
visibility: private → public
tags: added: hardy
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