[Bug 1659487] Re: package libperl5.22 5.22.2-3 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libperl5.22/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libperl5.22:i386

[bluescreen]

In my case the bug was triggered by trying to install the driver for an Epson scanner Perfection V500 Photo.
It is a great scanner, too bad the Ubuntu developers think it is enough to support HP printers and scanners. Epson provides proprietary Linux drivers, unfortunately not distribution specific, and not updated very often. I have had to reinstall them after every version upgrade, every time with different errors to bypass. When I first installed the scanner driver on Ubuntu 16.10 I managed to go past by deleting manually '/usr/share/doc/libperl5.22/changelog.Debian.gz'
Who knows what I broke by doing that, but I do need the scanner

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Title:
  package libperl5.22 5.22.2-3 failed to install/upgrade: trying to
  overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libperl5.22/changelog.Debian.gz',
  which is different from other instances of package libperl5.22:i386

Status in perl package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Ubuntu Crash

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
  Package: libperl5.22 5.22.2-3
  Uname: Linux 4.8.3-040803-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Jan 20 13:31:45 2017
  DuplicateSignature:
   package:libperl5.22:5.22.2-3
   Unpacking libperl5.22:i386 (5.22.2-3) ...
   dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-NdLby7/29-libperl5.22_5.22.2-3_i386.deb (--unpack):
    trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libperl5.22/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libperl5.22:i386
  ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libperl5.22/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libperl5.22:i386
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-18 (99 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1
   apt  1.3.3
  SourcePackage: perl
  Title: package libperl5.22 5.22.2-3 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libperl5.22/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libperl5.22:i386
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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