On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 14:58:57 +0200 Helmut Grohne wrote:
Attempting to unpack software-properties-qt/0.99.30-4 from Debian bookworm
on a minimal Debian bullseye with software-properties-kde/0.96.20.2-2.1
installed, causes an unpack error from dpkg due to
/usr/share/software-properties/designer/dialog_add.ui being contained in both 
packages.

| Selecting previously unselected package software-properties-qt.
| (Reading database ... 11560 files and directories currently installed.)
| Preparing to unpack .../software-properties-qt_0.99.30-4_all.deb ...
| Unpacking software-properties-qt (0.99.30-4) ...
| dpkg: error processing archive ./software-properties-qt_0.99.30-4_all.deb 
(--unpack):
|  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/software-properties/designer/dialog_add.ui', 
which is also in package software-properties-kde 0.96.20.2-2.1
| Errors were encountered while processing:
|  ./software-properties-qt_0.99.30-4_all.deb

Workaround for the failure during the upgrade from bullseye to bookworm:

 apt upgrade --without-new-pkgs
 apt purge software-properties-kde software-properties-qt+
 apt full-upgrade

Kind Regards,

Bas

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