I followed the same path and dist-upgraded all the way to yakkety and saw no errors with the package in proposed. I'm not sure, though, if that really qualifies as a v-d-y, given that I didn't reproduce the original issue in that path.
# apt policy libsane libsane-common libsane: Installed: 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.10.1 Candidate: 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.10.1 Version table: *** 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.10.1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 Packages libsane-common: Installed: 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.10.1 Candidate: 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.10.1 Version table: *** 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.10.1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 Packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1564778 Title: package libsane-common 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/sane.d/hp.conf', which is also in package libsane:i386 1.0.23-3ubuntu3.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/1564778/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs