Libappindicator is not multilib aware, 32bit conflicts rather than works with 64bit

Bug #1081938 reported by John Drinkwater
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libappindicator
Confirmed
Medium
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libappindicator (Ubuntu)
In Progress
Medium
Olivier Tilloy

Bug Description

Steam for Linux beta is currently running, and there’s a lack of system tray support in Gnome Classic (and other desktops) due to libappindicator:i386 missing by default, but it cannot be installed on a 64bit Ubuntu without removing the 64bit version library…

Tags: multiarch

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John Drinkwater (johndrinkwater) wrote :

http://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/1/882965239659234799/ the Steam Beta forum post covering this topic.

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Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) wrote :

Mathieu, as you are currently reshuffling the packaging for the whole stack, I think switching to dh9 will bring that, can you ensure it's the case?

Changed in libappindicator (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl)
Changed in libappindicator:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in libappindicator (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in libappindicator:
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in libappindicator (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in libappindicator:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
tags: added: multiarch
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swiftgeek (swiftgeek) wrote :

It isn't packaging problem at all
On archlinux we need to do this https://gist.github.com/4293794 and remove bindings/python to successfully compile this as lib32-libappindicator

1. Making lib32-python as dependency is the worst design idea ever
2. There is no easy way to disable mono/python stuff like just simple --disable-python-bindings (AFAIK)… another design failure -.-

Changed in libappindicator:
status: Invalid → Confirmed
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cement_head (andorjkiss) wrote :

Is there a workaround yet?

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John Drinkwater (johndrinkwater) wrote :

Nothing’s been pushed out yet ‐ this LTS isn’t getting much S.

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Maia Everett (linneris) wrote :

Fixed in Raring.

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Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) wrote :

Unassinging myself. I'm not working on this.

Changed in libappindicator (Ubuntu):
assignee: Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) → nobody
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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote :

Bug #1757204 is blocking this (libindicator needs to be made multi-arch aware first).

Changed in libappindicator:
assignee: nobody → Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
Changed in libappindicator (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
status: Triaged → In Progress
Changed in libappindicator:
assignee: Olivier Tilloy (osomon) → nobody
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