*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 77929 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/77929
In 12.04 LTS usbutils is shipping the file and hwdata is linking to it so this has been solved. $ find /usr/share /var/lib/usbutils/ -name usb.ids -exec ls -l {} \; lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 May 8 2012 /usr/share/misc/usb.ids -> /var/lib/usbutils/usb.ids lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 8 2012 /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids -> ../misc/usb.ids -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 461454 Dec 26 2011 /var/lib/usbutils/usb.ids $ find /usr/share /var/lib/usbutils/ -name usb.ids -exec dpkg -S {} \; usbutils: /usr/share/misc/usb.ids hwdata: /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids usbutils: /var/lib/usbutils/usb.ids -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/726202 Title: Use only one usb.ids To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hwdata/+bug/726202/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs