package qemu 0.9.1-7ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man8/qemu-nbd.8.gz', which is also in package kvm

I see. This was intended to be solved by kvm 1:79+dfsg-0ubuntu3, which FTBFS because of a typo (s/man1/man8/):

mv /build/buildd/kvm-79+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/share/man/man1/qemu-nbd.8 /build/buildd/kvm-79+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/share/man/man8/kvm-nbd.8
mv: cannot stat `/build/buildd/kvm-79+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/share/man/man1/qemu-nbd.8': No such file or directory
make: *** [install] Error 1
dpkg-buildpackage: failure: /usr/bin/fakeroot debian/rules binary-arch gave error exit status 2

However, the qemu package ALSO needs to be updated to conflict with kvm (< 1:79+dfsg-0ubuntu3), so that the packages will be upgraded in the right order.

Soren says that he committed a change to kvm that should fix this.

:-Dustin

This is set as "Fix Released" but it just happened to me upgrading a machine from Hardy to Karmic. I'm not sure if the fix regressed or if that large a change missed some packages in the middle. But I beleive LTS to any release is supported.

Preparing to replace qemu 0.9.1-5ubuntu3 (using .../qemu_0.10.5-1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement qemu ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/qemu_0.10.5-1ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man8/qemu-nbd.8.gz', which is also in package kvm
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/qemu_0.10.5-1ubuntu1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I'll mark this confirmed for you, Ted.

:-Dustin