[Bug 1309142] Re: package icedtea-netx 1.5-1ubuntu1 [modified: usr/bin/policyeditor] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/bin/policyeditor', which is different from other instances of package icedtea-netx:i386

[Gambil]

hi, 
a. Is there any workaround for this issue? If so please post it here as am very new to Ubuntu. I suppose the bug is still present and not fixed yet.  
b. Since I am also affected by this issue, should I report this as a bug ?

Here is the error that I get :

> sudo apt-get install icedtea-netx
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  icedtea-netx
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 474 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/19.6 kB of archives.
After this operation, 155 kB of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 256806 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../icedtea-netx_1.5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking icedtea-netx:amd64 (1.5-1ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/icedtea-netx_1.5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite shared '/usr/bin/policyeditor', which is different from other instances of package icedtea-netx:amd64
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/icedtea-netx_1.5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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Title:
  package icedtea-netx 1.5-1ubuntu1 [modified: usr/bin/policyeditor]
  failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared
  '/usr/bin/policyeditor', which is different from other instances of
  package icedtea-netx:i386

Status in icedtea-web package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in icedtea-web package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  I had an issue with /usr/bin/policyeditor and solved it using "dpkg -
  --force-all".

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: icedtea-netx 1.5-1ubuntu1 [modified: usr/bin/policyeditor]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Apr 14 22:37:34 2014
  DuplicateSignature: package:icedtea-netx:1.5-1ubuntu1 [modified: usr/bin/policyeditor]:trying to overwrite shared '/usr/bin/policyeditor', which is different from other instances of package icedtea-netx:i386
  ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/bin/policyeditor', which is different from other instances of package icedtea-netx:i386
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-02 (349 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  SourcePackage: icedtea-web
  Title: package icedtea-netx 1.5-1ubuntu1 [modified: usr/bin/policyeditor] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/bin/policyeditor', which is different from other instances of package icedtea-netx:i386
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-01-30 (77 days ago)

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