[Bug 987714] Re: dpkg in precise incorrectly reports multiarch conffile conflicts

[Colin Watson]

I've confirmed that quantal's dpkg does not exhibit this behaviour, so
it should be possible to backport a fix from there, albeit with some
difficulty as the code has been rearranged a bit.

** Also affects: dpkg (Ubuntu Precise)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu Precise)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Low => High

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Released

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu Precise)
    Milestone: None => ubuntu-12.04.4

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Title:
  dpkg in precise incorrectly reports multiarch conffile conflicts

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “dpkg” source package in Precise:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  After reporting an bug.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: libsensors4 1:3.3.1-2ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Apr 24 10:58:53 2012
  ErrorMessage: conffile './etc/sensors.d/.placeholder' is not in sync with other instances of the same package
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120421)
  SourcePackage: lm-sensors
  Title: package libsensors4 1:3.3.1-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: conffile './etc/sensors.d/.placeholder' is not in sync with other instances of the same package
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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