the 32bit version of libgsm1 package is broken on Ubuntu 12.04 64bit

[Silviu C.]

Hello

Some software, like CrossOver relies of 32bit version of various libs to provide various functionality that Windows applications require.

Upon attempting to install libgsm1:i386 two things might happen:

1) the package manager will try to uninstall the 64bit version of this lib and others

2) a message like this gets printed on screen:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libgsm1 : Conflicts: libgsm1:i386 but 1.0.13-3 is to be installed
 libgsm1:i386 : Conflicts: libgsm1 but 1.0.13-3 is to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

This does not happen on 64 bit versions of Ubuntu 13.10 and 14.04

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libgsm1:i386 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.23~precise1-generic 3.11.10
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jan 19 21:29:48 2014
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libgsm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Felix Lechner (felix.lechner)]

I am the Debian maintainer of this package and believe the issue was resolved. Closing this bug.