package libbson-doc (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man3/clock.3.gz', which is also in package manpages-dev 4.07-1

Bug #1642335 reported by Hannes Magnusson
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Bug Description

sudo apt-get install libbson-doc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libbson-doc
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 19 not upgraded.
Need to get 269 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,376 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/universe amd64 libbson-doc all 1.3.5-1 [269 kB]
Fetched 269 kB in 0s (525 kB/s)
ySelecting previously unselected package libbson-doc.
(Reading database ... 233372 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libbson-doc_1.3.5-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking libbson-doc (1.3.5-1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libbson-doc_1.3.5-1_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man3/clock.3.gz', which is also in package manpages-dev 4.07-1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libbson-doc_1.3.5-1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: libbson-doc (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-27.29-generic 4.8.1
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
AptOrdering:
 libbson-doc:amd64: Install
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Nov 16 08:54:40 2016
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Preparing to unpack .../libbson-doc_1.3.5-1_all.deb ...
 Unpacking libbson-doc (1.3.5-1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libbson-doc_1.3.5-1_all.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man3/clock.3.gz', which is also in package manpages-dev 4.07-1
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libbson-doc:(not installed)
 Unpacking libbson-doc (1.3.5-1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libbson-doc_1.3.5-1_all.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man3/clock.3.gz', which is also in package manpages-dev 4.07-1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man3/clock.3.gz', which is also in package manpages-dev 4.07-1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-11-04 (11 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1
 apt 1.3.1
SourcePackage: libbson
Title: package libbson-doc (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man3/clock.3.gz', which is also in package manpages-dev 4.07-1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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