libcurl4-openssl-dev:amd64 and libcurl4-openssl-dev:i386 both want to install /usr/bin/curl-config, but the file varies unnecessarily by architecture.
mark@mela zsh% shasum -a 256 libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.52.1-4ubuntu1.1_*/data/usr/bin/curl-config 223e5aa695ab4f5ce24b41397ee828f59240c5252075de9e4b4d730fa333bc12 libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.52.1-4ubuntu1.1_amd64/data/usr/bin/curl-config 283beb056326c71097e6d109db85f92e1768c9fc3847bb0541812ff2afda3dba libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.52.1-4ubuntu1.1_i386/data/usr/bin/curl-config They only differ in a small and insignificant part of the string in the line that follows --configure in this script. mark@mela zsh% diff -U1 libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.52.1-4ubuntu1.1_*/data/usr/bin/curl-config --- libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.52.1-4ubuntu1.1_amd64/data/usr/bin/curl-config 2017-04-17 20:20:57.000000000 +0000 +++ libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.52.1-4ubuntu1.1_i386/data/usr/bin/curl-config 2017-04-17 20:20:57.000000000 +0000 @@ -157,3 +157,3 @@ --configure) - echo " … 'CFLAGS=-g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/curl-5aqeqB/curl-7.52.1=. …'" + echo " … 'CFLAGS=-g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/curl-95csPZ/curl-7.52.1=. …'" ;; Those randomly generated directory names, /build/curl-5aqeqB vs. /build /curl-95csPZ, are causing each architecture’s curl-config to differ. They’re also not helping anyone at all being carried all the way through to the shipping /usr/bin/curl-config. This is also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/+bug/1565498, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/+bug/1513693. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1451525 Title: package libcurl4-gnutls-dev 7.37.1-1ubuntu3.4 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/bin/curl-config', which is different from other instances of package libcurl4-gnutls- dev:i386 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/+bug/1451525/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs