Bug #850264 “given a foreign architecture of i386 on amd64 machi...” : Bugs : apt package : Ubuntu

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Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar) wrote on 2011-09-14:

#1

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) on 2011-09-14

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added: multiarch

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote on 2011-10-20:

#2

There's several reports of this, I think. Many of them with the multiarch tag.

Steve Langasek (vorlon) on 2011-12-02

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Triaged
importance:	Undecided → High

Steve Langasek (vorlon) on 2011-12-02

Changed in apt (Ubuntu Precise):
milestone:	none → precise-alpha-2
assignee:	nobody → Martin Pitt (pitti)

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote on 2011-12-02:

#3

Martin, assigning this to you since you had claimed the duplicate that was filed against ubiquity; if you would rather have foundations take it, feel free to reassign.

Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) on 2011-12-02

tags:

added: rls-mgr-p-tracking

Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) on 2011-12-02

tags:

added: iso-testing

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote on 2011-12-03:

#4

I assigned the original one to me for reproduction and investigation, my first hunch was that some dependency in ubuntu-restricted-addons was wrong. If it's an error in the core multiarch logic of apt, I'll almost certainly need Michael's help, but I'm happy to at least work on a small and reproducible test case.

Martin Pitt (pitti) on 2011-12-09

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote on 2011-12-09:

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with debug output:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=true cpp:i386
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Starting
Starting 2
Investigating (0) x11-xserver-utils [ amd64 ] < 7.6+3 > ( x11 )
Broken x11-xserver-utils:amd64 Depends on cpp [ amd64 ] < 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( interpreters )
  Considering cpp:amd64 5 as a solution to x11-xserver-utils:amd64 8
  Added cpp:amd64 to the remove list
  Fixing x11-xserver-utils:amd64 via keep of cpp:amd64
Investigating (0) cpp [ amd64 ] < 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( interpreters )
Broken cpp:amd64 Depends on cpp-4.6 [ amd64 ] < 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( interpreters ) (>= 4.6.1-1)
  Considering cpp-4.6:amd64 1 as a solution to cpp:amd64 5
  Added cpp-4.6:amd64 to the remove list
Broken cpp:amd64 Conflicts on cpp [ i386 ] < none -> 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( interpreters )
  Considering cpp:i386 9999 as a solution to cpp:amd64 5
  Removing cpp:amd64 rather than change cpp:i386
Investigating (0) x11-apps [ amd64 ] < 7.6+5 > ( x11 )
Broken x11-apps:amd64 Depends on cpp [ amd64 ] < 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( interpreters )
  Considering cpp:amd64 5 as a solution to x11-apps:amd64 2
  Removing x11-apps:amd64 rather than change cpp:amd64
Investigating (0) gcc-4.6 [ amd64 ] < 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( devel )
Broken gcc-4.6:amd64 Depends on cpp-4.6 [ amd64 ] < 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( interpreters ) (= 4.6.2-5ubuntu1)
  Considering cpp-4.6:amd64 1 as a solution to gcc-4.6:amd64 2
  Added cpp-4.6:amd64 to the remove list
  Fixing gcc-4.6:amd64 via keep of cpp-4.6:amd64
Investigating (0) x11-session-utils [ amd64 ] < 7.6+1ubuntu1 > ( x11 )
Broken x11-session-utils:amd64 Depends on cpp [ amd64 ] < 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( interpreters )
  Considering cpp:amd64 5 as a solution to x11-session-utils:amd64 2
  Removing x11-session-utils:amd64 rather than change cpp:amd64
Investigating (0) libidl0 [ amd64 ] < 0.8.14-0.2 > ( libs )
Broken libidl0:amd64 Depends on cpp [ amd64 ] < 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( interpreters )
  Considering cpp:amd64 5 as a solution to libidl0:amd64 2
  Removing libidl0:amd64 rather than change cpp:amd64
Investigating (0) liborbit2 [ amd64 ] < 1:2.14.19-0.1 > ( libs )
Broken liborbit2:amd64 Depends on libidl0 [ amd64 ] < 0.8.14-0.2 > ( libs )
  Considering libidl0:amd64 2 as a solution to liborbit2:amd64 2
  Removing liborbit2:amd64 rather than change libidl0:amd64
Investigating (0) libreoffice-gnome [ amd64 ] < 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu2 > ( gnome )
Broken libreoffice-gnome:amd64 Depends on liborbit2 [ amd64 ] < 1:2.14.19-0.1 > ( libs ) (>= 1:2.14.10)
  Considering liborbit2:amd64 2 as a solution to libreoffice-gnome:amd64 1
  Removing libreoffice-gnome:amd64 rather than change liborbit2:amd64
Investigating (0) gcc [ amd64 ] < 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( devel )
Broken gcc:amd64 Depends on cpp [ amd64 ] < 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( interpreters ) (>= 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5)
  Considering cpp:amd64 5 as a solution to gcc:amd64 1
  Removing gcc:amd64 rather than change cpp:amd64
Investigating (0) xorg [ amd64 ] < 1:7.6+7ubuntu7 > ( x11 )
Broken xorg:amd64 Depends on x11-apps [ amd64 ] < 7.6+5 > ( x11 )
  Considering x11-apps:amd64 2 as a solution to xorg:amd64 1
  Removing xorg:amd64 ...

with debug output:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=true cpp:i386
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Starting
Starting 2
Investigating (0) x11-xserver-utils [ amd64 ] < 7.6+3 > ( x11 )
Broken x11-xserver-utils:amd64 Depends on cpp [ amd64 ] < 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( interpreters )
  Considering cpp:amd64 5 as a solution to x11-xserver-utils:amd64 8
  Added cpp:amd64 to the remove list
  Fixing x11-xserver-utils:amd64 via keep of cpp:amd64
Investigating (0) cpp [ amd64 ] < 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( interpreters )
Broken cpp:amd64 Depends on cpp-4.6 [ amd64 ] < 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( interpreters ) (>= 4.6.1-1)
  Considering cpp-4.6:amd64 1 as a solution to cpp:amd64 5
  Added cpp-4.6:amd64 to the remove list
Broken cpp:amd64 Conflicts on cpp [ i386 ] < none -> 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( interpreters )
  Considering cpp:i386 9999 as a solution to cpp:amd64 5
  Removing cpp:amd64 rather than change cpp:i386
Investigating (0) x11-apps [ amd64 ] < 7.6+5 > ( x11 )
Broken x11-apps:amd64 Depends on cpp [ amd64 ] < 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( interpreters )
  Considering cpp:amd64 5 as a solution to x11-apps:amd64 2
  Removing x11-apps:amd64 rather than change cpp:amd64
Investigating (0) gcc-4.6 [ amd64 ] < 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( devel )
Broken gcc-4.6:amd64 Depends on cpp-4.6 [ amd64 ] < 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( interpreters ) (= 4.6.2-5ubuntu1)
  Considering cpp-4.6:amd64 1 as a solution to gcc-4.6:amd64 2
  Added cpp-4.6:amd64 to the remove list
  Fixing gcc-4.6:amd64 via keep of cpp-4.6:amd64
Investigating (0) x11-session-utils [ amd64 ] < 7.6+1ubuntu1 > ( x11 )
Broken x11-session-utils:amd64 Depends on cpp [ amd64 ] < 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( interpreters )
  Considering cpp:amd64 5 as a solution to x11-session-utils:amd64 2
  Removing x11-session-utils:amd64 rather than change cpp:amd64
Investigating (0) libidl0 [ amd64 ] < 0.8.14-0.2 > ( libs )
Broken libidl0:amd64 Depends on cpp [ amd64 ] < 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( interpreters )
  Considering cpp:amd64 5 as a solution to libidl0:amd64 2
  Removing libidl0:amd64 rather than change cpp:amd64
Investigating (0) liborbit2 [ amd64 ] < 1:2.14.19-0.1 > ( libs )
Broken liborbit2:amd64 Depends on libidl0 [ amd64 ] < 0.8.14-0.2 > ( libs )
  Considering libidl0:amd64 2 as a solution to liborbit2:amd64 2
  Removing liborbit2:amd64 rather than change libidl0:amd64
Investigating (0) libreoffice-gnome [ amd64 ] < 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu2 > ( gnome )
Broken libreoffice-gnome:amd64 Depends on liborbit2 [ amd64 ] < 1:2.14.19-0.1 > ( libs ) (>= 1:2.14.10)
  Considering liborbit2:amd64 2 as a solution to libreoffice-gnome:amd64 1
  Removing libreoffice-gnome:amd64 rather than change liborbit2:amd64
Investigating (0) gcc [ amd64 ] < 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( devel )
Broken gcc:amd64 Depends on cpp [ amd64 ] < 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( interpreters ) (>= 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5)
  Considering cpp:amd64 5 as a solution to gcc:amd64 1
  Removing gcc:amd64 rather than change cpp:amd64
Investigating (0) xorg [ amd64 ] < 1:7.6+7ubuntu7 > ( x11 )
Broken xorg:amd64 Depends on x11-apps [ amd64 ] < 7.6+5 > ( x11 )
  Considering x11-apps:amd64 2 as a solution to xorg:amd64 1
  Removing xorg:amd64 rather than change x11-apps:amd64
Investigating (0) cpp-4.6 [ amd64 ] < 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( interpreters )
Broken cpp-4.6:amd64 Conflicts on cpp-4.6 [ i386 ] < none -> 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( interpreters )
  Considering cpp-4.6:i386 1 as a solution to cpp-4.6:amd64 1
  Removing cpp-4.6:amd64 rather than change cpp-4.6:i386
Investigating (0) ubuntu-desktop [ amd64 ] < 1.253 > ( metapackages )
Broken ubuntu-desktop:amd64 Depends on xorg [ amd64 ] < 1:7.6+7ubuntu7 > ( x11 )
  Considering xorg:amd64 1 as a solution to ubuntu-desktop:amd64 0
  Removing ubuntu-desktop:amd64 rather than change xorg:amd64
Investigating (1) x11-xserver-utils [ amd64 ] < 7.6+3 > ( x11 )
Broken x11-xserver-utils:amd64 Depends on cpp [ amd64 ] < 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( interpreters )
  Considering cpp:amd64 5 as a solution to x11-xserver-utils:amd64 8
  Added cpp:amd64 to the remove list
  Fixing x11-xserver-utils:amd64 via keep of cpp:amd64
Investigating (1) cpp [ amd64 ] < 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( interpreters )
Broken cpp:amd64 Depends on cpp-4.6 [ amd64 ] < 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( interpreters ) (>= 4.6.1-1)
  Considering cpp-4.6:amd64 1 as a solution to cpp:amd64 5
  Added cpp-4.6:amd64 to the remove list
Broken cpp:amd64 Conflicts on cpp [ i386 ] < none -> 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( interpreters )
  Considering cpp:i386 9999 as a solution to cpp:amd64 5
  Removing cpp:amd64 rather than change cpp:i386
Investigating (1) gcc-4.6 [ amd64 ] < 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( devel )
Broken gcc-4.6:amd64 Depends on cpp-4.6 [ amd64 ] < 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( interpreters ) (= 4.6.2-5ubuntu1)
  Considering cpp-4.6:amd64 1 as a solution to gcc-4.6:amd64 2
  Added cpp-4.6:amd64 to the remove list
  Fixing gcc-4.6:amd64 via keep of cpp-4.6:amd64
Investigating (1) cpp-4.6 [ amd64 ] < 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( interpreters )
Broken cpp-4.6:amd64 Conflicts on cpp-4.6 [ i386 ] < none -> 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( interpreters )
  Considering cpp-4.6:i386 1 as a solution to cpp-4.6:amd64 1
  Removing cpp-4.6:amd64 rather than change cpp-4.6:i386
Investigating (2) x11-xserver-utils [ amd64 ] < 7.6+3 > ( x11 )
Broken x11-xserver-utils:amd64 Depends on cpp [ amd64 ] < 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( interpreters )
  Considering cpp:amd64 5 as a solution to x11-xserver-utils:amd64 8
  Added cpp:amd64 to the remove list
  Fixing x11-xserver-utils:amd64 via keep of cpp:amd64
Investigating (2) cpp [ amd64 ] < 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( interpreters )
Broken cpp:amd64 Depends on cpp-4.6 [ amd64 ] < 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( interpreters ) (>= 4.6.1-1)
  Considering cpp-4.6:amd64 1 as a solution to cpp:amd64 8
  Added cpp-4.6:amd64 to the remove list
Broken cpp:amd64 Conflicts on cpp [ i386 ] < none -> 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( interpreters )
  Considering cpp:i386 9999 as a solution to cpp:amd64 8
  Removing cpp:amd64 rather than change cpp:i386
Investigating (2) gcc-4.6 [ amd64 ] < 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( devel )
Broken gcc-4.6:amd64 Depends on cpp-4.6 [ amd64 ] < 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( interpreters ) (= 4.6.2-5ubuntu1)
  Considering cpp-4.6:amd64 1 as a solution to gcc-4.6:amd64 2
  Added cpp-4.6:amd64 to the remove list
  Fixing gcc-4.6:amd64 via keep of cpp-4.6:amd64
Investigating (2) cpp-4.6 [ amd64 ] < 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( interpreters )
Broken cpp-4.6:amd64 Conflicts on cpp-4.6 [ i386 ] < none -> 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( interpreters )
  Considering cpp-4.6:i386 1 as a solution to cpp-4.6:amd64 2
  Added cpp-4.6:i386 to the remove list
  Fixing cpp-4.6:amd64 via keep of cpp-4.6:i386
Investigating (3) cpp [ i386 ] < none -> 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( interpreters )
Broken cpp:i386 Depends on cpp-4.6 [ i386 ] < none -> 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( interpreters ) (>= 4.6.1-1)
  Considering cpp-4.6:i386 2 as a solution to cpp:i386 9999
  Re-Instated cpp-4.6:i386
Investigating (3) x11-xserver-utils [ amd64 ] < 7.6+3 > ( x11 )
Broken x11-xserver-utils:amd64 Depends on cpp [ amd64 ] < 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 > ( interpreters )
  Considering cpp:amd64 9999 as a solution to x11-xserver-utils:amd64 8
  Removing x11-xserver-utils:amd64 rather than change cpp:amd64
Investigating (3) acpi-support [ amd64 ] < 0.138 > ( admin )
Broken acpi-support:amd64 Depends on x11-xserver-utils [ amd64 ] < 7.6+3 > ( x11 )
  Considering x11-xserver-utils:amd64 9999 as a solution to acpi-support:amd64 1
  Removing acpi-support:amd64 rather than change x11-xserver-utils:amd64
Investigating (3) cpp-4.6 [ amd64 ] < 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( interpreters )
Broken cpp-4.6:amd64 Conflicts on cpp-4.6 [ i386 ] < none -> 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( interpreters )
  Considering cpp-4.6:i386 2 as a solution to cpp-4.6:amd64 2
  Removing cpp-4.6:amd64 rather than change cpp-4.6:i386
Investigating (4) gcc-4.6 [ amd64 ] < 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( devel )
Broken gcc-4.6:amd64 Depends on cpp-4.6 [ amd64 ] < 4.6.2-5ubuntu1 > ( interpreters ) (= 4.6.2-5ubuntu1)
  Considering cpp-4.6:amd64 2 as a solution to gcc-4.6:amd64 2
  Removing gcc-4.6:amd64 rather than change cpp-4.6:amd64
Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  cpp-4.6:i386 gcc-4.6-base:i386 libc-bin:i386 libc6 libc6:i386 libgcc1:i386 libgmp10:i386 libmpc2:i386 libmpfr4:i386 zlib1g:i386
Suggested packages:
  cpp-doc:i386 gcc-4.6-locales:i386 glibc-doc glibc-doc:i386
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  acpi-support cpp cpp-4.6 gcc gcc-4.6 libc-bin libidl0 liborbit2 libreoffice-gnome ubuntu-desktop x11-apps x11-session-utils x11-xserver-utils
  xorg
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  cpp:i386 cpp-4.6:i386 gcc-4.6-base:i386 libc-bin:i386 libc6:i386 libgcc1:i386 libgmp10:i386 libmpc2:i386 libmpfr4:i386 zlib1g:i386
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libc6
WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed.
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
  libc-bin
1 upgraded, 10 newly installed, 14 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 14.5 MB of archives.
After this operation, 10.6 MB disk space will be freed.
You are about to do something potentially harmful.
To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote on 2011-12-09:

#6

This problem should actually be fixed in the current bzr trunk. Kudos to Donkult (both debian-experimental and ubuntu). There are some ABI issues I will see if I can backport the fix easily.

Martin Pitt (pitti) on 2011-12-09

Changed in apt (Ubuntu Precise):
assignee:	Martin Pitt (pitti) → Michael Vogt (mvo)
tags:	added: rls-p-tracking removed: rls-mgr-p-tracking

Kate Stewart (kate.stewart) on 2011-12-09

tags:

added: rls-mgr-p-tracking

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Carlos Sang (karolinger) wrote on 2011-12-13:

#7

i'm unabe to complete the installation of Precise Alpha 1 because of this bug. Everytime Ubiquity crashes before completely "installing system", almost at the end after finishing "downloading packages".

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Stephen Cradock (s-cradock) wrote on 2011-12-13:

#8

Carlos - the trick is to refuse the offer to download and install updates - the installation should then proceed to completion. After you re-start, you can update/upgrade without any trouble.

Good luck!

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William Bouterse (bill-bouterse) wrote on 2011-12-13: Re: [Bug 850264] Re: given a foreign architecture of i386 on amd64 machine, and an outdated libc, apt tries to remove libc-bin

#9

I confirm that this works as well.....
i.e. disable updates/Internet during installation achieves a successful install.

I also vaguely remember this happening before to other early builds
on other Ubuntu releases !?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Cradock" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 5:59:47 PM
Subject: [Bug 850264] Re: given a foreign architecture of i386 on amd64 machine, and an outdated libc, apt tries to remove libc-bin

Carlos - the trick is to refuse the offer to download and install
updates - the installation should then proceed to completion. After you
re-start, you can update/upgrade without any trouble.

Good luck!

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote on 2011-12-13:

#10

William, that's unlikely since multiarch wasn't enabled before mid-Oneiric. However, you certainly might have experienced some other problem with similar symptoms.

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Carlos Sang (karolinger) wrote on 2011-12-13:

#11

Thanks, for information, William.

I have read some info on Ubuntu Forums that seems to resolved my issue. I didn't choose to install 3rd party software before intiating setup and the bug didn't affect me.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11533626&postcount=384

Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) on 2011-12-15

description:

updated

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jatoo (wainwright-alex) wrote on 2011-12-21:

#12

Stephen, I experienced this bug trying to install Precise Alpha 1, but I had download and install updates disabled.

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote on 2012-01-04:

#13

The fix for this is committed to the apt bzr repo, but not yet uploaded; debian/changelog warns not to upload because another ABI break is coming soon, but this warning dates from November. Michael, is this ABI change still pending?

Changed in apt (Ubuntu Precise):
status:	Triaged → Fix Committed

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Grayson Peddie (graysonpeddie) wrote on 2012-01-07:

#14

In bug #912991, I must have misspelled "ubiquity" as "ubuquity." Whoops... my bad. :(

(And pardon my duplicate. :))

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Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote on 2012-01-19: ISO tracker notification

#15

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/897680

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-01-29:

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This bug was fixed in the package apt - 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu1

---------------
apt (0.8.16~exp12ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * merge from debian/experimental:
    - new ABI

  [ Steve Langasek ]
  * apt-pkg/algorithms.cc: iterate Breaks the same way as Conflicts, so that
    we resolve virtual package Breaks more effectively. Thanks to Colin
    Watson for the patch. Closes: #657695, LP: #922485.
  * apt-pkg/algorithms.{cc,h}: use an int to represent resolver scores, not
    a signed short, because large upgrades can result in an overflow for
    core packages. Thanks again to Colin Watson. Closes: #657732,
    LP: #917173.
  * Multi-Arch: none build-deps should be DEB_HOST_ARCH, not DEB_BUILD_ARCH.
    Closes: #646288.

apt (0.8.16~exp12) experimental; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc:
    - fix segfault on pkg removal

  [ David Kalnischkies ]
  * apt-pkg/cacheiterators.h:
    - return the correct version arch for all+foreign, too
  * apt-pkg/packagemanager.cc:
    - ignore breaks on not-installed versions while searching for
      breakage loops as we don't have to avoid them
  * debian/control:
    - remove APT from the short descriptions as lintian doesn't like it
      and it doesn't transport any information for a reader anyway
    - apply typofixes by Pascal De Vuyst, thanks! (Closes: #652834, #652835)
  * debian/rules:
    - apply patch to enable usage of hardning CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS by
      Moritz Muehlenhoff, thanks! (Closes: #653504)
  * methods/https.cc:
    - use curls list append instead of appending Range and If-Range by hand
      which generates malformed requests, thanks Mel Collins for the hint!
      (Closes: #646381)
  * test/libapt/run-tests:
    - hurd doesn't have dmesg yet and we don't really need it either,
      so use with $0 a more stable data source for hashsumming

  [ Pino Toscano ]
  * test/libapt/globalerror_test.cc:
    - errno 0 has a different strerror on hurd, so generate the expected
      message dynamically instead of hardcoding 'Success' (Closes: #656530)

apt (0.8.16~exp11) experimental; urgency=low

  [ David Kalnischkies ]
  * apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc:
    - redirect out/input of dpkg --assert-multi-arch to /dev/null
    - if multi-arch is detected ensure that pkg:all is reported as pkg:all

apt (0.8.16~exp10) experimental; urgency=low

  [ David Kalnischkies ]
  * apt-pkg/depcache.cc:
    - implicit conflicts (for multiarch) are supposed to conflict
      only with real packages, not with virtual providers
  * apt-pkg/pkgcache.cc:
    - ignore implicit conflicts on providers in AllTarget, too
  * apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc:
    - check if dpkg supports multiarch with --assert-multi-arch
      and if it does be always explicit about the architecture
  * apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h:
    - store the offset in the internal fd before calculate size of
      the zlib-handled file to jump back to this place again

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h:
    - fix segfault triggered by the python-apt testsuite

apt (0.8.16~exp9) experimental; urgency=low

  [ Julian Andres Klode ]
  * apt-pkg/cdrom.cc:
    - Accept .bz2, .xz files in addition to .gz fil...

This bug was fixed in the package apt - 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu1

---------------
apt (0.8.16~exp12ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low

[ Michael Vogt ]
  * merge from debian/experimental:
    - new ABI

[ Steve Langasek ]
  * apt-pkg/algorithms.cc: iterate Breaks the same way as Conflicts, so that
    we resolve virtual package Breaks more effectively.  Thanks to Colin
    Watson for the patch.  Closes: #657695, LP: #922485.
  * apt-pkg/algorithms.{cc,h}: use an int to represent resolver scores, not
    a signed short, because large upgrades can result in an overflow for
    core packages.  Thanks again to Colin Watson.  Closes: #657732,
    LP: #917173.
  * Multi-Arch: none build-deps should be DEB_HOST_ARCH, not DEB_BUILD_ARCH.
    Closes: #646288.

apt (0.8.16~exp12) experimental; urgency=low

[ Michael Vogt ]
  * apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc:
    - fix segfault on pkg removal

[ David Kalnischkies ]
  * apt-pkg/cacheiterators.h:
    - return the correct version arch for all+foreign, too
  * apt-pkg/packagemanager.cc:
    - ignore breaks on not-installed versions while searching for
      breakage loops as we don't have to avoid them
  * debian/control:
    - remove APT from the short descriptions as lintian doesn't like it
      and it doesn't transport any information for a reader anyway
    - apply typofixes by Pascal De Vuyst, thanks! (Closes: #652834, #652835)
  * debian/rules:
    - apply patch to enable usage of hardning CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS by
      Moritz Muehlenhoff, thanks! (Closes: #653504)
  * methods/https.cc:
    - use curls list append instead of appending Range and If-Range by hand
      which generates malformed requests, thanks Mel Collins for the hint!
      (Closes: #646381)
  * test/libapt/run-tests:
    - hurd doesn't have dmesg yet and we don't really need it either,
      so use with $0 a more stable data source for hashsumming

[ Pino Toscano ]
  * test/libapt/globalerror_test.cc:
    - errno 0 has a different strerror on hurd, so generate the expected
      message dynamically instead of hardcoding 'Success' (Closes: #656530)

apt (0.8.16~exp11) experimental; urgency=low

[ David Kalnischkies ]
  * apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc:
    - redirect out/input of dpkg --assert-multi-arch to /dev/null
    - if multi-arch is detected ensure that pkg:all is reported as pkg:all

apt (0.8.16~exp10) experimental; urgency=low

[ David Kalnischkies ]
  * apt-pkg/depcache.cc:
    - implicit conflicts (for multiarch) are supposed to conflict
      only with real packages, not with virtual providers
  * apt-pkg/pkgcache.cc:
    - ignore implicit conflicts on providers in AllTarget, too
  * apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc:
    - check if dpkg supports multiarch with --assert-multi-arch
      and if it does be always explicit about the architecture
  * apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h:
    - store the offset in the internal fd before calculate size of
      the zlib-handled file to jump back to this place again

[ Michael Vogt ]
  * apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h:
    - fix segfault triggered by the python-apt testsuite

apt (0.8.16~exp9) experimental; urgency=low

[ Julian Andres Klode ]
  * apt-pkg/cdrom.cc:
    - Accept .bz2, .xz files in addition to .gz files (Closes: #649451)

[ Michael Vogt ]
  * apt-pkg/cdrom.cc:
    - use aptconfiguration to get the supported compression types
  * debian/control:
    - bump debhelper build-dep to debhelper (>= 8.1.3~)
    - set libapt-pkg-dev to multi-arch: same too
  * g++ 4.7 fixes

[ Colin Watson ]
  * Convert libapt-pkg4.12 and libapt-inst1.4 to Multi-Arch: same.

[ David Kalnischkies ]
  * apt-pkg/cacheset.cc:
    - make the cachesets real containers which can embedding any container
      to be able to use the same interface regardless of set or list usage
    - provide a {Package,Version}List similar to {Package,Version}Set
  * cmdline/apt-{get,cache,mark}.cc:
    - use Lists instead of Sets if input order should be preserved for
      commands accepting lists of packages, e.g. policy (Closes: #625960)
  * apt-pkg/depcache.cc:
    - prefer native providers over foreigns even if the chain is foreign.
      LP: #850264.
  * cmdline/apt-get.cc:
    - ignore foreign architectures if we check if a provides has only one
      resolver as it's basically the same for the user, so no need to choose
  * cmdline/apt-config.cc:
    - dump the APT::Compressor settings correctly and completely
  * apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.{h,cc}:
    - implement a ModificationTime method for FileFd
    - add a ReadLine method
    - drop the explicit export of gz-compression handling
  * apt-pkg/cdrom.cc:
    - support InRelease files on cdrom

apt (0.8.16~exp8) experimental; urgency=low

[ David Kalnischkies ]
  * algorithms.cc:
    - show a debug why a package was kept by ResolveByKeep()
  * apt-pkg/packagemanager.cc:
    - do not fail on unpacked packages in SmartUnPack, just don't
      shedule them for unpack, but do all checks and configure them
    - do not enter an endless loop for (essential) pre-dependency loops
  * apt-pkg/contrib/sha2_internal.cc:
    - use a pointer-union to peace gcc strict-aliasing warning
  * apt-pkg/deb/deblistparser.cc:
    - M-A: foreign packages provide for other archs, too

apt (0.8.16~exp7) experimental; urgency=low

[ David Kalnischkies ]
  * do not pollute namespace in the headers with using (Closes: #500198)
  * use forward declaration in headers if possible instead of includes
  * remove old APT_COMPATIBILITY ifdef's
  * apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc:
    - use std::vector instead of fixed size arrays to store args and
      multiarch-packagename strings
    - load the dpkg base arguments only one time and reuse them later
  * cmdline/apt-get.cc:
    - follow Provides in the evaluation of saving candidates, too, for
      statisfying garbage package dependencies (Closes: #640590)
  * apt-pkg/algorithms.cc:
    - if a package is garbage, don't try to save it with FixByInstall
  * apt-pkg/deb/debsrcrecords.cc:
    - remove the limit of 400 Binaries for a source package (Closes: #622110)
  * apt-pkg/deb/deblistparser.cc:
    - fix crash when the dynamic mmap needs to be grown in
      LoadReleaseInfo (LP: #854090)
  * apt-pkg/deb/debmetaindex.cc:
    - none is a separator, not a language: no need for Index (Closes: #624218)
  * apt-pkg/aptconfiguration.cc:
    - do not builtin languages only if none is forced (Closes: #643787)
  * apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc:
    - refactor MergeList by creating -Group, -Package and -Version specialist
    - share description list between "same" versions (LP: #868977)
      This also means that descriptions are shared across archives now.
    - add implicit dependencies needed for Multi-Arch at the time a Version
      struct is created and not at the end of the cache generation
  * apt-pkg/pkgcache.cc:
    - always prefer "en" over "" for "en"-language regardless of cache-order

[ Michael Vogt ]
  * apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.cc:
    - fix double delete (LP: #848907)
    - ignore only the invalid regexp instead of all options
  * apt-pkg/acquire-item.h, apt-pkg/deb/debmetaindex.cc:
    - fix fetching language information by adding OptionalSubIndexTarget
  * methods/https.cc:
    - cleanup broken downloads properly

[ Colin Watson ]
  * ftparchive/cachedb.cc:
    - fix buffersize in bytes2hex

apt (0.8.16~exp6) experimental; urgency=low

[ Christopher Baines ]
  * enable APT in unpack/configure ordering to handle loops as well
    as tight dependencies between immediate packages better
    enabling also the possibility to mark all packages as immediate
    (at least Closes: #353290, #540227, #559733, #621836, #639290)

[ David Kalnischkies ]
  * [abi-break] Support large files in the complete toolset. Indexes of this
    size are pretty unlikely for now, but we need it for deb
    packages which could become bigger than 4GB now (LP: #815895)
  * merged the debian-sid branch

[ Michael Vogt ]
  * bump ABI version

apt (0.8.16~exp5ubuntu14.2.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low

[ Daniel Hahler ]
  * doc/apt-key.8.xml: Ubuntu specific documentation changes (LP: #445903)
 -- Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com>   Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:44:16 +0000

Changed in apt (Ubuntu Precise):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote on 2012-02-24:

#17

This issue still affects upgrades from oneiric to precise (see duplicate bug #940571) because the upgrader uses the oneiric version of apt. So we may need to backport this.

Changed in apt (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance:	Undecided → High
status:	New → Triaged

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Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje) wrote on 2012-04-13:

#18

apt.debdiff Edit (7.0 KiB, text/plain)

Backported the patch in apt on precise to oneiric apt.

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote on 2012-04-14:

#19

test-multiarch-foreign Edit (5.7 KiB, text/plain)

Jean-Louis, thanks for preparing this patch. Unfortunately, before uploading it, I wanted to run the integration tests (test-multiarch-foreign) to make sure the bug is actually fixed; and it doesn't appear that it is:

Test for equality of apt-get install cool-bar:i386 -s …
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
The following extra packages will be installed:
- bar
+ bar:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
- bar cool-bar:i386
+ bar:i386 cool-bar:i386
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
-Inst bar (1.0 Testcases:unstable [amd64])
+Inst bar:i386 (1.0 Testcases:unstable [i386])
Inst cool-bar:i386 (1.0 Testcases:unstable [i386])
-Conf bar (1.0 Testcases:unstable [amd64])
+Conf bar:i386 (1.0 Testcases:unstable [i386])
Conf cool-bar:i386 (1.0 Testcases:unstable [i386])
FAIL

This clearly shows dependencies being followed as i386 packages on amd64; so something seems to be missing here.

Attached is the test-multiarch-foreign that I've ported back to the oneiric version of apt, for reference.

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Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje) wrote on 2012-04-14:

#20

apt2.debdiff Edit (15.5 KiB, text/plain)

Some more code needed to be backported.
Did this now, and the tests run without issues now.

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote on 2012-04-14:

#21

Thanks, this looks good! Pushed to oneiric-proposed.

description:	updated
Changed in apt (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status:	Triaged → In Progress
assignee:	nobody → Steve Langasek (vorlon)

Steve Langasek (vorlon) on 2012-04-14

Changed in ubuntu-release-notes:
importance:	Undecided → High

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Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje) wrote on 2012-04-17:

#22

apt3.debdiff Edit (20.2 KiB, text/plain)

Patch with changes from 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.1 also included.

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote on 2012-04-17: Re: [Bug 850264] Re: given a foreign architecture of i386 on amd64 machine, and an outdated libc, apt tries to remove libc-bin

#23

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:54:05PM -0000, Jean-Louis Dupond wrote:
> Patch with changes from 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.1 also included.

I'd appreciate it if you could provide an incremental patch against the
previous 13.3 upload.

--
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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote on 2012-04-18:

#24

Documented at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/ReleaseNotes/CommonInfrastructure:
* If you have i386 packages installed an an amd64 system in Ubuntu 11.10, it is strongly recommended that you install the versions of apt and dpkg from oneiric-updates before upgrading. A number of multiarch-affecting upgrade issues have been fixed in those versions. (Bug:850264, Bug:902603)

Changed in ubuntu-release-notes:
status:	New → Fix Released

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote on 2012-04-18: Please test proposed package

#25

Hello Clint, or anyone else affected,

Accepted apt into oneiric-proposed. The package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Changed in apt (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed
tags:	added: verification-needed

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karl anliot (kanliot) wrote on 2012-04-18:

#26

uh how exactly would i test the fix?

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote on 2012-04-18: Re: [Bug 850264] Re: given a foreign architecture of i386 on amd64 machine, and an outdated libc, apt tries to remove libc-bin

#27

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 07:07:22PM -0000, karl anliot wrote:
> uh how exactly would i test the fix?

Instructions for testing the fix are given in the bug description.

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karl anliot (kanliot) wrote on 2012-04-19:

#28

performed tests 1 and 2, but on step 3, the upgrade succeeded. No sense continuing the test.

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote on 2012-04-19:

#29

SRU verification for Oneiric:
I have reproduced the problem with apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.2 in oneiric-updates and have verified that the version of apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.3 in -proposed fixes the issue.

Marking as verification-done

tags:

added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-04-25:

#30

This bug was fixed in the package apt - 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.3

---------------
apt (0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.3) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Jean-Louis Dupond ]
  * Backport fixes from precise verison of apt, to fix multiarch upgrades
    from oneiric.
  * apt-pkg/depcache.cc:
    - prefer native providers over foreigns even if the chain is foreign.
      (LP: #850264)
  * cmdline/apt-get.cc:
    - ignore foreign architectures if we check if a provides has only one
      resolver as it's basically the same for the user, so no need to choose.
  * apt-pkg/deb/deblistparser.cc:
    - M-A: foreign packages provide for other archs, too

  [ Colin Watson ]
  * Include 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.1 patches.
  * apt-pkg/algorithms.cc: Iterate Breaks the same way as Conflicts, so that
    we resolve virtual package Breaks more effectively (LP: #922485).
  * apt-pkg/algorithms.{cc,h}: Use an int to represent resolver scores, not
    a signed short, because large upgrades can result in an overflow for
    core packages (LP: #917173).
-- Jean-Louis Dupond <email address hidden> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:43:00 +0200

Changed in apt (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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vignesh (vignesh-sarma) wrote on 2012-04-26:

#31

hi,

I have seen this occure in the released version of ubuntu 12.04,

has the fix happened after, the release?If it has its still not working.. else, please tell me ...

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote on 2012-04-26:

#32

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:41:46AM -0000, vignesh wrote:
> I have seen this occure in the released version of ubuntu 12.04,

You almost certainly haven't seen this bug in 12.04. Please attach apt logs
showing what it was you did run into.

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Phill Whiteside (phillw) wrote on 2012-04-26:

#33

Download full text (11.9 KiB)

The release notes all state that you must update the installers before
upgrading. That's why we have release notes :)

Regards,

Phill.

On 26 April 2012 17:11, vignesh <email address hidden> wrote:

> hi,
>
> I have seen this occure in the released version of ubuntu 12.04,
>
> has the fix happened after, the release?If it has its still not
> working.. else, please tell me ...
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> duplicate bug report (904840).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/850264
>
> Title:
> given a foreign architecture of i386 on amd64 machine, and an outdated
> libc, apt tries to remove libc-bin
>
> Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in “apt” source package in Oneiric:
> Fix Released
> Status in “apt” source package in Precise:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> SRU justification: a bug in apt's resolver causes apt to select
> pathological upgrade solutions when foreign-arch packages are
> installed. This affects a substantial proportion of amd64 users, who
> will have multiarch enabled (e.g., for ia32-libs or for skype). This
> fix allows apt to calculate the upgrade correctly, preferring native
> packages over foreign ones whenever possible.
>
> TEST CASE:
> 1) on an oneiric amd64 system, install the skype:i386 package from the
> Canonical Partner repository.
> 2) attempt a release upgrade to precise with update-manager -d.
> 3) verify that the release upgrade failed, with errors in apt.log
> indicating involvement of :i386 packages
> 4) install the apt from oneiric-proposed
> 5) attempt the release upgrade a second time
> 6) verify that the release upgrade completes successfully.
>
> RELEASE NOTES: although users will generally have -updates installed
> already before they begin the upgrade, this particular issue has
> enough of an impact on the upgrade for amd64 desktop users that I
> think it's worth singling out in the release notes telling users that
> they need to use the apt from -updates. (I'm assuming here that we
> won't have time to enforce this through update-manager prior to
> release.)
>
> This reproducer was verified to work in the live system of current
> precise-dailies. It doesn't work on an installed system where
> libc6:i386 is already installed!
>
> 1. Drop libc6-dev:
> sudo dpkg -P libc6-dev
>
> 2. Downgrade to a previous libc:
>
> wget
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/2.13-20ubuntu9/+build/2979954/+files/libc-bin_2.13-20ubuntu9_amd64.deb
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/2.13-20ubuntu9/+build/2979954/+files/libc6_2.13-20ubuntu9_amd64.deb
> sudo dpkg -i libc*.bin
>
> 3. Ensure apt is consistent:
>
> sudo apt-get install -f
>
> should not complain about anything.
>
> 4. Install i386 package:
>
> sudo apt-get install cpp:i386
>
> This will propose to remove libc-bin and install the newer version
> of libc-bin:i386 instead.
>
> It seems that apt prefers install the foreign arch libc6-bin:i386 over
> upgrading the native arch libc6-bin to the current version?
>
> WORKAROUND
> If you get this bug with Pre...

The release notes all state that you must update the installers before
upgrading. That's why we have release notes :)

Regards,

Phill.

On 26 April 2012 17:11, vignesh <850264@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:

> hi,
>
> I have seen this occure in the released version of ubuntu 12.04,
>
> has the fix happened after, the release?If it has its still not
> working.. else, please tell me ...
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> duplicate bug report (904840).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/850264
>
> Title:
>  given a foreign architecture of i386 on amd64 machine, and an outdated
>  libc, apt tries to remove libc-bin
>
> Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
>  Fix Released
> Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
>  Fix Released
> Status in “apt” source package in Oneiric:
>  Fix Released
> Status in “apt” source package in Precise:
>  Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
>  SRU justification: a bug in apt's resolver causes apt to select
>  pathological upgrade solutions when foreign-arch packages are
>  installed.  This affects a substantial proportion of amd64 users, who
>  will have multiarch enabled (e.g., for ia32-libs or for skype).  This
>  fix allows apt to calculate the upgrade correctly, preferring native
>  packages over foreign ones whenever possible.
>
>  TEST CASE:
>  1) on an oneiric amd64 system, install the skype:i386 package from the
> Canonical Partner repository.
>  2) attempt a release upgrade to precise with update-manager -d.
>  3) verify that the release upgrade failed, with errors in apt.log
> indicating involvement of :i386 packages
>  4) install the apt from oneiric-proposed
>  5) attempt the release upgrade a second time
>  6) verify that the release upgrade completes successfully.
>
>  RELEASE NOTES: although users will generally have -updates installed
>  already before they begin the upgrade, this particular issue has
>  enough of an impact on the upgrade for amd64 desktop users that I
>  think it's worth singling out in the release notes telling users that
>  they need to use the apt from -updates.  (I'm assuming here that we
>  won't have time to enforce this through update-manager prior to
>  release.)
>
>  This reproducer was verified to work in the live system of current
>  precise-dailies. It doesn't work on an installed system where
>  libc6:i386 is already installed!
>
>  1. Drop libc6-dev:
>     sudo dpkg -P libc6-dev
>
>  2. Downgrade to a previous libc:
>
>    wget
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/2.13-20ubuntu9/+build/2979954/+files/libc-bin_2.13-20ubuntu9_amd64.deb
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/2.13-20ubuntu9/+build/2979954/+files/libc6_2.13-20ubuntu9_amd64.deb
>    sudo dpkg -i libc*.bin
>
>  3. Ensure apt is consistent:
>
>      sudo apt-get install -f
>
>    should not complain about anything.
>
>  4. Install i386 package:
>
>    sudo apt-get install cpp:i386
>
>    This will propose to remove libc-bin and install the newer version
>  of libc-bin:i386 instead.
>
>  It seems that apt prefers install the foreign arch libc6-bin:i386 over
>  upgrading the native arch libc6-bin to the current version?
>
>  WORKAROUND
>  If you get this bug with Precise Alpha1 you can workaround by:
>  * Keeping 'install 3rd party software' _unchecked_ in the Prepare step of
> Ubiquity
>  or
>  * Disconnecting the system from the network before starting the
> installation
>
>  ----
>  Original bug report:
>
>  Today I added i386 as a foreign architecture and then tried to install
>  something with apt, but was presented with a very bad plan:
>
>  $ sudo apt-get install skype:i386
>  Reading package lists... Done
>  Building dependency tree
>  Reading state information... Done
>  The following extra packages will be installed:
>    gcc-4.6-base:i386 libasound2:i386 libaudio2:i386 libavahi-client3:i386
> libavahi-common-data:i386
>    libavahi-common3:i386 libc-bin:i386 libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6:i386
> libc6-dbg libc6-dev libc6-i386 libcomerr2:i386
>    libcups2:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386 libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386
> libfontconfig1:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libgcc1:i386
>    libgcrypt11:i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 libgnutls26:i386 libgpg-error0:i386
> libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 libice6:i386
>    libjpeg62:i386 libk5crypto3:i386 libkeyutils1:i386 libkrb5-3:i386
> libkrb5support0:i386 liblcms1:i386 libmng1:i386
>    libpcre3:i386 libpng12-0:i386 libqt4-dbus libqt4-dbus:i386
> libqt4-declarative libqt4-declarative:i386
>    libqt4-network libqt4-network:i386 libqt4-opengl libqt4-script
> libqt4-script:i386 libqt4-sql libqt4-sql:i386
>    libqt4-sql-mysql libqt4-sql-sqlite libqt4-svg libqt4-xml
> libqt4-xml:i386 libqt4-xmlpatterns
>    libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386 libqtcore4 libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4
> libqtgui4:i386 libselinux1:i386 libsm6:i386
>    libstdc++6:i386 libtasn1-3:i386 libtiff4:i386 libuuid1:i386
> libx11-6:i386 libxau6:i386 libxcb1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386
>    libxext6:i386 libxi6:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxss1:i386 libxt6:i386
> libxv1:i386 qdbus zlib1g:i386
>  Suggested packages:
>    libasound2-plugins:i386 libasound2-python:i386 nas:i386 glibc-doc
> glibc-doc:i386 locales:i386 cups-common:i386
>    rng-tools:i386 gnutls-bin:i386 krb5-doc:i386 krb5-user:i386
> liblcms-utils:i386 libqt4-declarative-folderlistmodel
>    libqt4-declarative-gestures libqt4-declarative-particles
> libqt4-declarative-shaders qt4-qmlviewer
>    libqt4-declarative-folderlistmodel:i386
> libqt4-declarative-gestures:i386 libqt4-declarative-particles:i386
>    libqt4-declarative-shaders:i386 qt4-qmlviewer:i386 libqt4-dev
> libqt4-dev:i386 qt4-qtconfig qt4-qtconfig:i386
>  Recommended packages:
>    libqt4-sql-mysql:i386 libqt4-sql-odbc:i386 libqt4-sql-psql:i386
> libqt4-sql-sqlite:i386
>  The following packages will be REMOVED:
>    libc-bin
>  The following NEW packages will be installed:
>    gcc-4.6-base:i386 libasound2:i386 libaudio2:i386 libavahi-client3:i386
> libavahi-common-data:i386
>    libavahi-common3:i386 libc-bin:i386 libc6:i386 libcomerr2:i386
> libcups2:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386 libexpat1:i386
>    libffi6:i386 libfontconfig1:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libgcc1:i386
> libgcrypt11:i386 libglib2.0-0:i386
>    libgnutls26:i386 libgpg-error0:i386 libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 libice6:i386
> libjpeg62:i386 libk5crypto3:i386
>    libkeyutils1:i386 libkrb5-3:i386 libkrb5support0:i386 liblcms1:i386
> libmng1:i386 libpcre3:i386 libpng12-0:i386
>    libqt4-dbus:i386 libqt4-declarative:i386 libqt4-network:i386
> libqt4-script:i386 libqt4-sql:i386 libqt4-xml:i386
>    libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386 libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4:i386 libselinux1:i386
> libsm6:i386 libstdc++6:i386
>    libtasn1-3:i386 libtiff4:i386 libuuid1:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxau6:i386
> libxcb1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386
>    libxi6:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxss1:i386 libxt6:i386 libxv1:i386
> skype:i386 zlib1g:i386
>  The following packages will be upgraded:
>    libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6-dbg libc6-dev libc6-i386 libqt4-dbus
> libqt4-declarative libqt4-network libqt4-opengl
>    libqt4-script libqt4-sql libqt4-sql-mysql libqt4-sql-sqlite libqt4-svg
> libqt4-xml libqt4-xmlpatterns libqtcore4
>    libqtgui4 qdbus
>  WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed.
>  This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
>    libc-bin
>  19 upgraded, 58 newly installed, 1 to remove and 274 not upgraded.
>  Need to get 71.5 MB of archives.
>  After this operation, 96.3 MB of additional disk space will be used.
>  You are about to do something potentially harmful.
>  To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
>   ?] ^C
>
>  To fix this, on slangasek's advice, I did
>
>  $ sudo apt-get install skype:i386 libc-bin
>
>  This upgraded libc-bin instead of removing it.
>
>  $ sudo apt-get install skype:i386 libc-bin
>  Reading package lists... Done
>  Building dependency tree
>  Reading state information... Done
>  The following extra packages will be installed:
>    gcc-4.6-base:i386 libasound2:i386 libaudio2:i386 libavahi-client3:i386
> libavahi-common-data:i386
>    libavahi-common3:i386 libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6:i386 libc6-dbg libc6-dev
> libc6-i386 libcomerr2:i386 libcups2:i386
>    libdbus-1-3:i386 libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386 libfontconfig1:i386
> libfreetype6:i386 libgcc1:i386 libgcrypt11:i386
>    libglib2.0-0:i386 libgnutls26:i386 libgpg-error0:i386
> libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 libice6:i386 libjpeg62:i386
>    libk5crypto3:i386 libkeyutils1:i386 libkrb5-3:i386 libkrb5support0:i386
> liblcms1:i386 libmng1:i386 libpcre3:i386
>    libpng12-0:i386 libqt4-dbus libqt4-dbus:i386 libqt4-declarative
> libqt4-declarative:i386 libqt4-network
>    libqt4-network:i386 libqt4-opengl libqt4-script libqt4-script:i386
> libqt4-sql libqt4-sql:i386 libqt4-sql-mysql
>    libqt4-sql-sqlite libqt4-svg libqt4-xml libqt4-xml:i386
> libqt4-xmlpatterns libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386 libqtcore4
>    libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4 libqtgui4:i386 libselinux1:i386 libsm6:i386
> libstdc++6:i386 libtasn1-3:i386
>    libtiff4:i386 libuuid1:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxau6:i386 libxcb1:i386
> libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxi6:i386
>    libxrender1:i386 libxss1:i386 libxt6:i386 libxv1:i386 qdbus zlib1g:i386
>  Suggested packages:
>    libasound2-plugins:i386 libasound2-python:i386 nas:i386 glibc-doc
> glibc-doc:i386 locales:i386 cups-common:i386
>    rng-tools:i386 gnutls-bin:i386 krb5-doc:i386 krb5-user:i386
> liblcms-utils:i386 libqt4-declarative-folderlistmodel
>    libqt4-declarative-gestures libqt4-declarative-particles
> libqt4-declarative-shaders qt4-qmlviewer
>    libqt4-declarative-folderlistmodel:i386
> libqt4-declarative-gestures:i386 libqt4-declarative-particles:i386
>    libqt4-declarative-shaders:i386 qt4-qmlviewer:i386 libqt4-dev
> libqt4-dev:i386 qt4-qtconfig qt4-qtconfig:i386
>  Recommended packages:
>    libqt4-sql-mysql:i386 libqt4-sql-odbc:i386 libqt4-sql-psql:i386
> libqt4-sql-sqlite:i386
>  The following NEW packages will be installed:
>    gcc-4.6-base:i386 libasound2:i386 libaudio2:i386 libavahi-client3:i386
> libavahi-common-data:i386
>    libavahi-common3:i386 libc6:i386 libcomerr2:i386 libcups2:i386
> libdbus-1-3:i386 libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386
>    libfontconfig1:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libgcc1:i386 libgcrypt11:i386
> libglib2.0-0:i386 libgnutls26:i386
>    libgpg-error0:i386 libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 libice6:i386 libjpeg62:i386
> libk5crypto3:i386 libkeyutils1:i386
>    libkrb5-3:i386 libkrb5support0:i386 liblcms1:i386 libmng1:i386
> libpcre3:i386 libpng12-0:i386 libqt4-dbus:i386
>    libqt4-declarative:i386 libqt4-network:i386 libqt4-script:i386
> libqt4-sql:i386 libqt4-xml:i386
>    libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386 libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4:i386 libselinux1:i386
> libsm6:i386 libstdc++6:i386
>    libtasn1-3:i386 libtiff4:i386 libuuid1:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxau6:i386
> libxcb1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386
>    libxi6:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxss1:i386 libxt6:i386 libxv1:i386
> skype:i386 zlib1g:i386
>  The following packages will be upgraded:
>    libc-bin libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6-dbg libc6-dev libc6-i386 libqt4-dbus
> libqt4-declarative libqt4-network
>    libqt4-opengl libqt4-script libqt4-sql libqt4-sql-mysql
> libqt4-sql-sqlite libqt4-svg libqt4-xml libqt4-xmlpatterns
>    libqtcore4 libqtgui4 qdbus
>  20 upgraded, 57 newly installed, 0 to remove and 274 not upgraded.
>  Need to get 43.7 MB/71.6 MB of archives.
>  After this operation, 96.5 MB of additional disk space will be used.
>  Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
>
>  libc-bin was version 2.13-17ubuntu2 at the time, and updated to
>  2.13-20ubuntu2
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
>  Package: apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu6
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.14-generic 3.0.3
>  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic x86_64
>  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
>  ApportVersion: 1.22.1-0ubuntu2
>  Architecture: amd64
>  Date: Wed Sep 14 11:43:35 2011
>  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64
> (20101008.1)
>  ProcEnviron:
>   PATH=(custom, user)
>   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  SourcePackage: apt
>  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-14 (61 days ago)
>
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>

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ill (illumilore) wrote on 2012-04-27:

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This is happening in 12.04. The instructions above do not work. Is there another way to fix this?

$ sudo dpkg -P libc6-dev
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libc6-dev:
ruby1.8-dev depends on libc6-dev.
libfreetype6-dev depends on libc6-dev | libc-dev; however:
  Package libc6-dev is to be removed.
  Package libc-dev is not installed.
  Package libc6-dev which provides libc-dev is to be removed.
libgnutls-dev depends on libc6-dev | libc-dev; however:
  Package libc6-dev is to be removed.
  Package libc-dev is not installed.
  Package libc6-dev which provides libc-dev is to be removed.
liblircclient-dev depends on libc6-dev.
libcdio-dev depends on libc6-dev | libc-dev; however:
  Package libc6-dev is to be removed.
  Package libc-dev is not installed.
  Package libc6-dev which provides libc-dev is to be removed.
zlib1g-dev depends on libc6-dev | libc-dev; however:
  Package libc6-dev is to be removed.
  Package libc-dev is not installed.
  Package libc6-dev which provides libc-dev is to be removed.
libtiff4-dev depends on libc6-dev | libc-dev; however:
  Package libc6-dev is to be removed.
  Package libc-dev is not installed.
  Package libc6-dev which provides libc-dev is to be removed.
comerr-dev depends on libc6-dev | libc-dev; however:
  Package libc6-dev is to be removed.
  Package libc-dev is not installed.
  Package libc6-dev which provides libc-dev is to be removed.
build-essential depends on libc6-dev | libc-dev; however:
  Package libc6-dev is to be removed.
  Package libc-dev is not installed.
  Package libc6-dev which provides libc-dev is to be removed.
libcdio-cdda-dev depends on libc6-dev | libc-dev; however:
  Package libc6-dev is to be removed.
  Package libc-dev is not installed.
  Package libc6-dev which provides libc-dev is to be removed.
libcurl4-gnutls-dev depends on libc6-dev | libc-dev; however:
  Package libc6-dev is to be removed.
  Package libc-dev is not installed.
  Package libc6-dev which provides libc-dev is to be removed.
nvidia-current depends on libc6-dev.
libc6-dev-i386 depends on libc6-dev (= 2.13-20ubuntu5.1).
libxft-dev depends on libc6-dev | libc-dev; however:
  Package libc6-dev is to be removed.
  Package libc-dev is not installed.
  Package libc6-dev which provides libc-dev is to be removed.
libslang2-dev depends on libc6-dev | libc-dev; however:
  Package libc6-dev is to be removed.
  Package libc-dev is not installed.
  Package libc6-dev which provides libc-dev is to be removed.
libimlib2-dev depends on libc6-dev.
libstdc++6-4.6-dev depends on libc6-dev (>= 2.13-0ubuntu6).
libasound2-dev depends on libc6-dev | libc-dev; however:
  Package libc6-dev is to be removed.
  Package libc-dev is not installed.
  Package libc6-dev which provides libc-dev is to be removed.
libaudiofile-dev depends on libc6-dev.
lsb-core depends on libc6-dev | libc-dev; however:
  Package libc6-dev is to be removed.
  Package libc-dev is not installed.
  Package libc6-dev which provides libc-dev is to be removed.
libgcrypt11-dev depends on libc6-dev | libc-dev; however:
  Package libc6-dev is to be removed.
  Package libc-dev is not installed.
  Package libc6-dev which provides libc-dev is to be r...

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given a foreign architecture of i386 on amd64 machine, and an outdated libc, apt tries to remove libc-bin

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	Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
Release Notes for Ubuntu	Fix Released	High	Unassigned
apt (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	High	Michael Vogt	Ubuntu precise-alpha-2
Oneiric	Fix Released	High	Steve Langasek
Precise	Fix Released	High	Michael Vogt	Ubuntu precise-alpha-2

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given a foreign architecture of i386 on amd64 machine, and an outdated libc, apt tries to remove libc-bin

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