Bug#766784: libjson-pp-perl: can neither remove nor install newer version of this package

[brian m. carlson]

Package: libjson-pp-perl
Version: 2.27300-1
Severity: grave

I'm unable to get dpkg to do anything useful with this package.  I can't
upgrade to the supposedly fixed version, and now aptitude refuses to do
anything else without either removing or upgrading libjson-pp-perl.

  vauxhall no % sudo dpkg -P libjson-pp-perl
  (Reading database ... 511466 files and directories currently installed.)
  Removing libjson-pp-perl (2.27300-1) ...
  No diversion 'diversion of /usr/bin/json_pp to /usr/bin/json_pp.bundled by libjson-pp-perl', none removed.
  Removing 'diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/json_pp.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/json_pp.1.bundled.gz by libjson-pp-perl'
  dpkg-divert: error: rename involves overwriting `/usr/share/man/man1/json_pp.1.gz' with
    different file `/usr/share/man/man1/json_pp.1.bundled.gz', not allowed
  dpkg: error processing package libjson-pp-perl (--purge):
   subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 2
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   libjson-pp-perl
  vauxhall no % sudo dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libjson-pp-perl_2.27300-2_all.deb
  Selecting previously unselected package libjson-pp-perl.
  (Reading database ... 511471 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack .../libjson-pp-perl_2.27300-2_all.deb ...
  Removing 'diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/json_pp.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/json_pp.1.bundled.gz by libjson-pp-perl'
  dpkg-divert: error: rename involves overwriting `/usr/share/man/man1/json_pp.1.gz' with
    different file `/usr/share/man/man1/json_pp.1.bundled.gz', not allowed
  dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libjson-pp-perl_2.27300-2_all.deb (--install):
   subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/libjson-pp-perl_2.27300-2_all.deb

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.17-rc5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libjson-pp-perl depends on:
ii  perl  5.20.1-2

Versions of packages libjson-pp-perl recommends:
ii  libjson-perl  2.61-1

libjson-pp-perl suggests no packages.

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