[Bug 1890854] [NEW] Conflict with python2

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

Public bug reported:

During a package update in groovy I got this error message:

Unpacking dh-python (4.20200804ubuntu1) over (4.20200315ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-JUlowz/00-dh-python_4.20200804ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/debhelper/autoscripts/postinst-pycompile', which is also in package python2 2.7.17-2ubuntu4
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)

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Errors were encountered while processing:
 /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-JUlowz/00-dh-python_4.20200804ubuntu1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

** Affects: dh-python (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
         Status: New

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Title:
  Conflict with python2

Status in dh-python package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  During a package update in groovy I got this error message:

  Unpacking dh-python (4.20200804ubuntu1) over (4.20200315ubuntu1) ...
  dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-JUlowz/00-dh-python_4.20200804ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack):
   trying to overwrite '/usr/share/debhelper/autoscripts/postinst-pycompile', which is also in package python2 2.7.17-2ubuntu4
  dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)

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  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-JUlowz/00-dh-python_4.20200804ubuntu1_all.deb
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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