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[eraserix <eraserix@xxxxxxxxx>]

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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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

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