[Bug 903050] Re: package sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/bash_completion.d/service', which is also in package bash-completion 1:1.3-1ubuntu6

[Robertjm]

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Title:
  package sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade:
  trying to overwrite '/etc/bash_completion.d/service', which is also in
  package bash-completion 1:1.3-1ubuntu6

Status in “sysvinit” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Since the Update Manager is currently not working I tried doing an
  update/upgrade from the command line.

  First used:
  sudo apt-get update
  Next used:
  sudo apt-get upgrade

  Here is result:

  robertjm at NA:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following packages have been kept back:
    linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
  The following packages will be upgraded:
    binutils initscripts linux-libc-dev sysv-rc sysvinit-utils
  5 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
  Need to get 3,596 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 10.2 kB of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
  Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main sysvinit-utils amd64 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu6 [64.9 kB]
  Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main sysv-rc all 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu6 [44.0 kB]
  Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main initscripts amd64 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu6 [27.3 kB]
  Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main binutils amd64 2.22-2ubuntu1 [2,637 kB]
  Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main linux-libc-dev amd64 3.2.0-4.10 [822 kB]
  Fetched 3,596 kB in 30s (119 kB/s)                                             
  Preconfiguring packages ...
  (Reading database ... 128633 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to replace sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu5 (using .../sysvinit-utils_2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu6_amd64.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement sysvinit-utils ...
  dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sysvinit-utils_2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu6_amd64.deb (--unpack):
   trying to overwrite '/etc/bash_completion.d/service', which is also in package bash-completion 1:1.3-1ubuntu6
  Preparing to replace sysv-rc 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu5 (using .../sysv-rc_2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu6_all.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement sysv-rc ...
  Preparing to replace initscripts 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu5 (using .../initscripts_2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu6_amd64.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement initscripts ...
  Preparing to replace binutils 2.22-1ubuntu1 (using .../binutils_2.22-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement binutils ...
  Preparing to replace linux-libc-dev 3.2.0-3.9 (using .../linux-libc-dev_3.2.0-4.10_amd64.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement linux-libc-dev ...
  Processing triggers for man-db ...
  Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
  ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/sysvinit-utils_2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu6_amd64.deb
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-3.9-generic 3.2.0-rc4
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-3-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Dec 11 21:27:49 2011
  DpkgTerminalLog:
   Preparing to replace sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu5 (using .../sysvinit-utils_2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu6_amd64.deb) ...
   Unpacking replacement sysvinit-utils ...
   dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sysvinit-utils_2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu6_amd64.deb (--unpack):
    trying to overwrite '/etc/bash_completion.d/service', which is also in package bash-completion 1:1.3-1ubuntu6
  DuplicateSignature:
   Unpacking replacement sysvinit-utils ...
   dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sysvinit-utils_2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu6_amd64.deb (--unpack):
    trying to overwrite '/etc/bash_completion.d/service', which is also in package bash-completion 1:1.3-1ubuntu6
  ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/etc/bash_completion.d/service', which is also in package bash-completion 1:1.3-1ubuntu6
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111209.1)
  SourcePackage: sysvinit
  Title: package sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/bash_completion.d/service', which is also in package bash-completion 1:1.3-1ubuntu6
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-10 (2 days ago)

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