[Bug 711730] Re: package mysql-client-5.1 5.1.49-1ubuntu9 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/perror', which is also in package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.49-1ubuntu9

[Michael Vogt]

Also shows up in the auto-upgrade tester:
http://people.canonical.com/~mvo/automatic-upgrade-testing/2011-02-02-12:36:48/server-tasks/bootstrap.log
search for "dpkg: error":

Unpacking replacement mysql-client-5.1 ...

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-
client-5.1_5.1.54-1ubuntu3_i386.deb (--unpack):

 trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/perror', which is also in package mysql-
server-5.1 5.1.49-1ubuntu8.1

UNKNOWN (trigger?) dpkg/script failure for /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-client-5.1_5.1.54-1ubuntu3_i386.deb (trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/perror', which is also in package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.49-1ubuntu8.1) 
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)

** Changed in: mysql-5.1 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: mysql-5.1 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Also affects: mysql-5.1 (Ubuntu Natty)
   Importance: High
       Status: Confirmed

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Title:
  package mysql-client-5.1 5.1.49-1ubuntu9 failed to install/upgrade:
  trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/perror', which is also in package mysql-
  server-5.1 5.1.49-1ubuntu9