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.
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: dictionaries-common (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/322448
also affects
Description:Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release:10.04
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dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting
`/usr/share/dict/words.pre-dictionaries-common'
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/322448
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fixed by deleting and installing package.
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dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting
`/usr/share/dict/words.pre-dictionaries-common'
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/322448
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