This bug happens to me on a rather minimalistic precise install (lxc- create).
Looking at the preinst script of dictionaries-common suggests that the bug is still there in trusty. If the package wamerican is not installed, the divert will break, because there is nothing to divert. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to dictionaries-common in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/322448 Title: dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting `/usr/share/dict/words.pre- dictionaries-common' Status in dictionaries-common package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: dictionaries-common carl@dv67:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade .... Preparing to replace dictionaries-common 0.98.13ubuntu1 (using .../dictionaries-common_0.98.14ubuntu1_all.deb) ... Adding `diversion of /usr/share/dict/words to /usr/share/dict/words.pre-dictionaries-common by dictionaries-common' dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting `/usr/share/dict/words.pre-dictionaries-common' with different file `/usr/share/dict/words', not allowed dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dictionaries-common_0.98.14ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2 carl@dv67:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch) Release: 9.04 carl@dv67:~$ apt-cache policy dictionaries-common dictionaries-common: Installed: 0.98.13ubuntu1 Candidate: 0.98.14ubuntu1 Version table: 0.98.14ubuntu1 0 500 http://cp333 jaunty/main Packages *** 0.98.13ubuntu1 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dictionaries-common/+bug/322448/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
