ia32-libs: dpkg-divert fails during upgrade from 1.4ubuntu4 to 1.4ubuntu19

[Jhair Tocancipa Triana]

Marvin Renich writes:

> Package: ia32-libs
> Version: 1.4ubuntu19
> Severity: important
....
> dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting `/usr/bin/ldd' with
>   different file `/usr/bin/ldd.amd64', not allowed
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ia32-libs_1.4ubuntu19_amd64.deb (--unpack):
>  subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/ia32-libs_1.4ubuntu19_amd64.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:

This is an already known (and reported) bug[1] in the amd64
architecture.

It was reported before dapper was released. The package maintainer
rejected the bug back then claiming it only affected upgrades from
broken dapper packages.

Fortunately the bug was confirmed again, and its importance raised to
"High". At least it will be fixed in the next ubuntu stable release.

See the bug history below for workarounds.

HTH,

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[1] https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/ia32-libs/+bug/45705

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--Jhair