Ubuntu
dpkg package

Architecture "any" package dependencies not supported

Bug #1756055 reported by Colin Finck
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Bug Description

Using Ubuntu Trusty, I cannot install a package that has an architecture "any" package dependency.
For example, this is the case when attempting to install https://packages.debian.org/sid/kgb-bot which depends on "perl:any".
Newer dpkg versions correctly interpret this "any" as an architecture specification for "perl" and continue the installation.

Just like https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1730627 has recently backported a feature from newer dpkg to Trusty's older version, this should also be possible to fix this bug.

Tags: trusty
Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)
tags: added: trusty
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in dpkg (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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