[Bug 1246566] Re: package icu-devtools (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/sbin/gensprep', which is also in package icu-tools 4.8.1.1-12ubuntu2

[Sébastien]

Having the same in Ubuntu 13.10,

@fkalman a note for using aptitude,

an sudo aptitude safe-upgrade works, but seems to remove some packages :
icu-tools{u} libcmis-0.3-3{u} libpoppler28{u} openjdk-7-jre-lib{u}. I
wouldn't use aptitude as a workaround.

See :

Resolving dependencies...                
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  icu-devtools:i386{a} libreoffice-base-drivers{a} 
  libreoffice-sdbc-firebird{a} libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb{a} 
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  icu-tools{u} libcmis-0.3-3{u} libpoppler28{u} openjdk-7-jre-lib{u} 
The following packages will be upgraded:
  fonts-opensymbol gir1.2-soup-2.4 libexttextcat-2.0-0 libexttextcat-data 
  libraptor2-0 librasqal3 librdf0 libreoffice-base libreoffice-base-core 
  libreoffice-calc libreoffice-common libreoffice-core libreoffice-draw 
  libreoffice-emailmerge libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-gtk 
  libreoffice-impress libreoffice-java-common libreoffice-math 
  libreoffice-ogltrans libreoffice-pdfimport 
  libreoffice-presentation-minimizer libreoffice-presenter-console 
  libreoffice-style-human libreoffice-style-tango libreoffice-writer 
  libsoup-gnome2.4-1 libsoup-gnome2.4-1:i386 libsoup2.4-1 libsoup2.4-1:i386 
  libwpg-0.2-2 python3-uno uno-libs3 ure 
The following partially installed packages will be configured:
  libicu-dev 
The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
  libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer

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Title:
  package icu-devtools (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying
  to overwrite '/usr/sbin/gensprep', which is also in package icu-tools
  4.8.1.1-12ubuntu2

Status in “icu” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Happened on a dist-upgrade in trusty. Due to icu-tools being renamed
  to icu-devtools in the sync.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: icu-devtools (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.6-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Oct 30 23:11:56 2013
  DuplicateSignature: package:icu-devtools:(not installed):trying to overwrite '/usr/sbin/gensprep', which is also in package icu-tools 4.8.1.1-12ubuntu2
  ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/sbin/gensprep', which is also in package icu-tools 4.8.1.1-12ubuntu2
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-08-21 (435 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120821)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: icu
  Title: package icu-devtools (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/sbin/gensprep', which is also in package icu-tools 4.8.1.1-12ubuntu2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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