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Public bug reported:

I was attempting to upgrade from Ubuntu 14.04.4 to 16.04.

ack-grep was not part of the core 14.04 installation.

ack-grep was diverted to ack.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ack-grep 2.14-4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu May  5 21:31:33 2016
DpkgHistoryLog:
 Start-Date: 2016-05-05  21:31:17
 Install: libsnappy1v5:amd64 (1.1.3-2, automatic), libavdevice-ffmpeg56:amd64 (7:2.8.6-1ubuntu2, automatic), ffmpeg:amd64 (7:2.8.6-1ubuntu2), libavfilter-ffmpeg5:amd64 (7:2.8.6-1ubuntu2, automatic), libavcodec-ffmpeg56:amd64 (7:2.8.6-1ubuntu2, automatic), libavformat-ffmpeg56:amd64 (7:2.8.6-1ubuntu2, automatic), libffms2-4:amd64 (2.22-1, automatic)
 Upgrade: libchromaprint0:amd64 (1.1-1, 1.3-1), libav-tools:amd64 (6:9.18-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 7:2.8.6-1ubuntu2), ack-grep:amd64 (2.12-1, 2.14-4), x264:amd64 (2:0.142.2389+git956c8d8-2, 2:0.148.2643+git5c65704-1), ffmpeg2theora:amd64 (0.29-2build1, 0.30-1), gpac:amd64 (0.5.0+svn4288~dfsg1-4ubuntu1, 0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-1build1), gpac-modules-base:amd64 (0.5.0+svn4288~dfsg1-4ubuntu1, 0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-1build1)
 Remove: eth:amd64 (1.2.4~trusty-0ubuntu1), libleveldb1:amd64 (1.15.0-2), libsnappy1:amd64 (1.1.0-1ubuntu1), libethereum:amd64 (1.2.4~trusty-0ubuntu1)
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Preparing to unpack .../ack-grep_2.14-4_all.deb ...
 Unpacking ack-grep (2.14-4) over (2.12-1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/ack-grep_2.14-4_all.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/ack', which is the diverted version of '/usr/bin/ack-grep'
DuplicateSignature:
 Unpacking ack-grep (2.14-4) over (2.12-1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/ack-grep_2.14-4_all.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/ack', which is the diverted version of '/usr/bin/ack-grep'
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/ack', which is the diverted version of '/usr/bin/ack-grep'
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-25 (497 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1
 apt  1.2.10ubuntu1
SourcePackage: ack-grep
Title: package ack-grep 2.14-4 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/ack', which is the diverted version of '/usr/bin/ack-grep'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ack-grep (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-package package-conflict xenial

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Title:
  package ack-grep 2.14-4 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite
  '/usr/bin/ack', which is the diverted version of '/usr/bin/ack-grep'

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