Hi Robie, I'm hitting this issue with a Python upgrade script that utilizes python-apt and manual apt/dpkg calls if needed.
As test VM I'm using this setup: 1) Installed Ubuntu 12.04.0 (http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/12.04.0/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-amd64.iso) under VMware Workstation 10 2) Installed all updates 3) Installed open-vm-toolbox and openssh-server In the upgrade script I'm doing roughly these steps: 1) Removed all sources.list and preferences entries and placed a standard sources.list for Trusty (main, restricted, universe and multiverse for trusty, trusty-security, trusty-updates and trusty-backports) 2) Places preferences file which pins repos with origin Ubuntu to 1001 to (helps a lot with upgrading on machines with many PPAs) 3) apt-get clean && apt-get update 4) Update of the core package management packages (python-apt, python-apt-common, debconf, apt, apt-utils, libapt-inst1.4, libapt-pkg4.12, dpkg) 5) apt-get upgrade 6) apt-get dist-upgrade ... So I'm not really surprised that you couldn't reproduce this out of the box. ;-) Please let me know if you need further help with this. Best, Michael -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to open-vm-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1301919 Title: package open-vm-tools 2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/xdg/autostart/vmware- user.desktop', which is also in package open-vm-toolbox 2011.12.20-562307-0ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1301919/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
