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[George Nace <1806265@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would appreciate a suggestion for appropriate commands in deb or dpkg that might help me narrow down the specific cause or fix the broken cache. I'm reluctant to use the file system to remove the 
file '/etc/java-8-openjdk/net.properties' manually, but that will probably my next step.

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dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/openjdk-8-jre-headless_8u191-b12-2ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite shared '/etc/java-8-openjdk/net.properties', which is different from other instances of package openjdk-8-jre-headless:amd64
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/openjdk-8-jre-headless_8u191-b12-2ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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Title:
  package openjdk-8-jre-headless 8u181-b13-1ubuntu0.18.04.1 failed to
  install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared
  '/etc/java-8-openjdk/security/java.security', which is different from
  other instances of package openjdk-8-jre-headless:amd64

Status in openjdk-8 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Package crash on automated install.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: openjdk-8-jre-headless 8u181-b13-1ubuntu0.18.04.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-42.45-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-42-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
  AptOrdering:
   openjdk-8-jdk:amd64: Install
   openjdk-8-jdk-headless:amd64: Install
   openjdk-8-jre:amd64: Install
   openjdk-8-jre-headless:amd64: Install
   NULL: ConfigurePending
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Nov 28 06:37:25 2018
  DuplicateSignature:
   package:openjdk-8-jre-headless:8u181-b13-1ubuntu0.18.04.1
   Unpacking openjdk-8-jre-headless:amd64 (8u191-b12-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) over (8u181-b13-1ubuntu0.18.04.1) ...
   dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/openjdk-8-jre-headless_8u191-b12-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
    trying to overwrite shared '/etc/java-8-openjdk/security/java.security', which is different from other instances of package openjdk-8-jre-headless:amd64
  ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite shared '/etc/java-8-openjdk/security/java.security', which is different from other instances of package openjdk-8-jre-headless:amd64
  Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.7, python3-minimal, 3.6.7-1~18.04
  PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.1
   apt  1.6.6
  SourcePackage: openjdk-8
  Title: package openjdk-8-jre-headless 8u181-b13-1ubuntu0.18.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/etc/java-8-openjdk/security/java.security', which is different from other instances of package openjdk-8-jre-headless:amd64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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