[Bug 1986796] Re: amd64-microcode conflicts with linux-firmware

[Derk Willem te Bokkel]

an example of the issue..

sudo apt upgrade
[sudo] password for derk: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  grub-efi-amd64-bin
The following packages will be upgraded:
  amd64-microcode
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/120 kB of archives.
After this operation, 181 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
(Reading database ... 230591 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../amd64-microcode_3.20220411.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking amd64-microcode (3.20220411.1ubuntu1) over (3.20191218.1ubuntu2) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/amd64-microcode_3.20220411.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/amd/amd_sev_fam17h_model0xh.sbin', which is also in package linux-firmware 20220711.gitdfa29317-0ubuntu1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/amd64-microcode_3.20220411.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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Title:
  amd64-microcode conflicts with linux-firmware

Status in amd64-microcode package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Occurs on kubuntu, gnome and xfce versions of kinetic proposed -- most
  recent updates

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
  Package: amd64-microcode 3.20191218.1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-15.15-generic 5.19.0
  Uname: Linux 5.19.0-15-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.22.0-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Wed Aug 17 08:07:09 2022
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-06-10 (67 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Alpha amd64 (20220610)
  SourcePackage: amd64-microcode
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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