[Bug 1689204] [NEW] dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/init-system-helpers_1.29ubuntu4_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d', which is also in package sysv-rc 2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2

Sun May 7 22:12:39 UTC 2017

Public bug reported:

I was trying to do a normal apt-get upgrade when I started to run into
issues. I am not sure how to fix this since it is a system package. This
system was upgraded from 14.04 to 16.04, but it was working fine for
awhile.

I started in this thread, but I could not get it working.
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2359412

This machine is now a Proxmox VM, so I have the option to do some
testing with it.

#: apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  bsdutils linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
The following packages will be upgraded:
  apparmor apt apt-transport-https apt-utils bind9-host console-setup console-setup-linux dbus dbus-x11 desktop-file-utils distro-info-data dnsutils docker-engine
  dpkg-dev eject graphviz grub-common grub-pc grub-pc-bin grub2-common init init-system-helpers initramfs-tools initramfs-tools-bin initramfs-tools-core
  keyboard-configuration klibc-utils krb5-locales krb5-multidev libapparmor-perl libapparmor1 libapt-inst2.0 libapt-pkg5.0 libarchive13 libbind9-140 libblkid1
  libc-bin libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6-dev libcdt5 libcgraph6 libdbus-1-3 libdns-export162 libdns162 libdpkg-perl libdrm-amdgpu1 libdrm-intel1 libdrm-nouveau2
  libdrm-radeon1 libdrm2 libevent-2.0-5 libevent-core-2.0-5 libfdisk1 libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev libgc1c2 libgd-dev libgd3 libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx
  libglapi-mesa libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-data libgnutls-openssl27 libgnutls30 libgssapi-krb5-2 libgssrpc4 libgvc6 libgvpr2 libhogweed4 libicu55 libisc-export160
  libisc160 libisccc140 libisccfg140 libk5crypto3 libkadm5clnt-mit9 libkadm5srv-mit9 libkdb5-8 libklibc libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 liblwres141 libmount1
  libmysqlclient-dev libmysqlclient20 libnettle6 libpam-systemd libpathplan4 libpci-dev libpci3 libpq-dev libpq5 libsmartcols1 libsmbclient libssh2-1 libssh2-1-dev
  libssl-dev libssl-doc libssl1.0.0 libsystemd0 libtiff5 libtiff5-dev libtiffxx5 libudev-dev libudev1 libuuid1 libwbclient0 libxml2 libxpm-dev libxpm4 libxslt1.1
  linux-firmware linux-libc-dev locales login makedev mongodb-org mongodb-org-mongos mongodb-org-server mongodb-org-shell mongodb-org-tools mount multiarch-support
  mysql-client-5.7 mysql-client-core-5.7 mysql-common mysql-server mysql-server-5.7 mysql-server-core-5.7 nano ntfs-3g ntp ntpdate openssl os-prober passwd pciutils
  python-crypto python-libxml2 python-samba python3-distupgrade python3-update-manager resolvconf samba-common samba-common-bin samba-libs smbclient sudo systemd
  systemd-sysv tcpdump tftp-hpa tftpd-hpa thermald ubuntu-release-upgrader-core udev update-manager-core util-linux uuid-runtime w3m wget
163 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/194 MB of archives.
After this operation, 12.1 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 127087 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../init-system-helpers_1.29ubuntu4_all.deb ...
Unpacking init-system-helpers (1.29ubuntu4) over (1.29ubuntu3) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/init-system-helpers_1.29ubuntu4_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d', which is also in package sysv-rc 2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/init-system-helpers_1.29ubuntu4_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

#: lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Release:        16.04

# apt-cache policy init-system-helpers
init-system-helpers:
  Installed: 1.29ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1.29ubuntu4
  Version table:
     1.29ubuntu4 500
        500 https://mirror.network32.net/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 https://mirror.network32.net/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 Packages
 *** 1.29ubuntu3 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.29ubuntu1 500
        500 https://mirror.network32.net/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
        500 https://mirror.network32.net/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: init-system-helpers 1.29ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-57.78-generic 4.4.35
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-57-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun May  7 17:03:56 2017
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:
 TERM=screen
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: init-system-helpers
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-01-03 (124 days ago)

** Affects: init-system-helpers (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Tags: amd64 apport-bug aptget xenial

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Title:
  dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/init-system-
  helpers_1.29ubuntu4_all.deb (--unpack):  trying to overwrite
  '/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d', which is also in package sysv-rc
  2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2

Status in init-system-helpers package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I was trying to do a normal apt-get upgrade when I started to run into
  issues. I am not sure how to fix this since it is a system package.
  This system was upgraded from 14.04 to 16.04, but it was working fine
  for awhile.

  I started in this thread, but I could not get it working.
  https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2359412

  This machine is now a Proxmox VM, so I have the option to do some
  testing with it.

  #: apt-get upgrade
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  Calculating upgrade... Done
  The following packages have been kept back:
    bsdutils linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
  The following packages will be upgraded:
    apparmor apt apt-transport-https apt-utils bind9-host console-setup console-setup-linux dbus dbus-x11 desktop-file-utils distro-info-data dnsutils docker-engine
    dpkg-dev eject graphviz grub-common grub-pc grub-pc-bin grub2-common init init-system-helpers initramfs-tools initramfs-tools-bin initramfs-tools-core
    keyboard-configuration klibc-utils krb5-locales krb5-multidev libapparmor-perl libapparmor1 libapt-inst2.0 libapt-pkg5.0 libarchive13 libbind9-140 libblkid1
    libc-bin libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6-dev libcdt5 libcgraph6 libdbus-1-3 libdns-export162 libdns162 libdpkg-perl libdrm-amdgpu1 libdrm-intel1 libdrm-nouveau2
    libdrm-radeon1 libdrm2 libevent-2.0-5 libevent-core-2.0-5 libfdisk1 libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev libgc1c2 libgd-dev libgd3 libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx
    libglapi-mesa libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-data libgnutls-openssl27 libgnutls30 libgssapi-krb5-2 libgssrpc4 libgvc6 libgvpr2 libhogweed4 libicu55 libisc-export160
    libisc160 libisccc140 libisccfg140 libk5crypto3 libkadm5clnt-mit9 libkadm5srv-mit9 libkdb5-8 libklibc libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 liblwres141 libmount1
    libmysqlclient-dev libmysqlclient20 libnettle6 libpam-systemd libpathplan4 libpci-dev libpci3 libpq-dev libpq5 libsmartcols1 libsmbclient libssh2-1 libssh2-1-dev
    libssl-dev libssl-doc libssl1.0.0 libsystemd0 libtiff5 libtiff5-dev libtiffxx5 libudev-dev libudev1 libuuid1 libwbclient0 libxml2 libxpm-dev libxpm4 libxslt1.1
    linux-firmware linux-libc-dev locales login makedev mongodb-org mongodb-org-mongos mongodb-org-server mongodb-org-shell mongodb-org-tools mount multiarch-support
    mysql-client-5.7 mysql-client-core-5.7 mysql-common mysql-server mysql-server-5.7 mysql-server-core-5.7 nano ntfs-3g ntp ntpdate openssl os-prober passwd pciutils
    python-crypto python-libxml2 python-samba python3-distupgrade python3-update-manager resolvconf samba-common samba-common-bin samba-libs smbclient sudo systemd
    systemd-sysv tcpdump tftp-hpa tftpd-hpa thermald ubuntu-release-upgrader-core udev update-manager-core util-linux uuid-runtime w3m wget
  163 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
  Need to get 0 B/194 MB of archives.
  After this operation, 12.1 MB disk space will be freed.
  Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
  Extracting templates from packages: 100%
  Preconfiguring packages ...
  (Reading database ... 127087 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack .../init-system-helpers_1.29ubuntu4_all.deb ...
  Unpacking init-system-helpers (1.29ubuntu4) over (1.29ubuntu3) ...
  dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/init-system-helpers_1.29ubuntu4_all.deb (--unpack):
   trying to overwrite '/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d', which is also in package sysv-rc 2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/init-system-helpers_1.29ubuntu4_all.deb
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  #: lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
  Release:        16.04

  # apt-cache policy init-system-helpers
  init-system-helpers:
    Installed: 1.29ubuntu3
    Candidate: 1.29ubuntu4
    Version table:
       1.29ubuntu4 500
          500 https://mirror.network32.net/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
          500 https://mirror.network32.net/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 Packages
   *** 1.29ubuntu3 100
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       1.29ubuntu1 500
          500 https://mirror.network32.net/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
          500 https://mirror.network32.net/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: init-system-helpers 1.29ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-57.78-generic 4.4.35
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-57-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun May  7 17:03:56 2017
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:
   TERM=screen
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: init-system-helpers
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-01-03 (124 days ago)

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