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ia32-libs package

  1. Bug #900512
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 900512

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : Re: [Bug 900512] Re: ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 is not installable

On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 01:41:32AM -0000, teamnoir wrote:
> While I can understand a transition in progress, the net result is that
> the precise upgrade fails. And even when I can recover the machine, I
> can't do any further testing or work.

> Wouldn't it have been better to approach this bottom up? With a bottom
> up approach, everything would continue to work right up to and through
> the conversion, no?

Bottom-up was what we did last cycle and it resulted in almost no effort
being put into the conversion. The ia32-libs package needs to get
completely converted this cycle; this is the way to force the issue.

To test precise given that ia32-libs is not upgradable, you should be able
to put the package on hold by running:

$ echo ia32-libs hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections
$ echo ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections

That should let you upgrade from oneiric to precise for the rest of the
packages while holding ia32-libs back.

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