Missing package aptitude for i386 in focal

[Stefan Weil]

The latest Ubuntu LTS no longer provides the aptitude package for i386 architecture (it is still provided for amd64 and other architectures). I think this was not intentional.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: aptitude (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-96.97-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-96-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.14
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Sun Apr 26 12:11:24 2020
SourcePackage: aptitude
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2016-11-24 (1249 days ago)

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better.

i386 is not a supported architecture for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, except for certain compatibility (see https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/community-process-for-32-bit-compatibility/12598)

Refer https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1845690 which prevents i386 systems from running 20.04 LTS, so why would the availability of `aptitude` help users who cannot use it, and the amd64 version is native for their machines (or if running ppc64el/s390x/other it's of not benefit anyway).

I'm going to mark this as incomplete, as to me it makes no sense given i386/i686 is not a supported architecture beyond Ubuntu 19.04.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for aptitude (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]