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taglib package

  1. Bug #902603
  2. Comment #12

Comment 12 for bug 902603

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Raphaël Hertzog (hertzog) wrote : Re: [Bug 902603] Re: When installing Multi-Arch: same (meta-)package for two architectures, dpkg considers one arch as completely disappeared
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On Fri, 16 Dec 2011, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Still seeing this with the latest version of dpkg in precise. On an
> apt-get run following the install of libtag1c2a:i386:
>
> [...]
> (Noting disappearance of libtag1c2a:i386, which has been completely replaced.)
> [...]
> The following package disappeared from your system as
> all files have been overwritten by other packages:
> libtag1c2a
> Note: This is done automatic and on purpose by dpkg.

Hum, right. Here's a second version of the patch. Note that you must
revert the previous one as I changed the logic to restrict the
test to multi-arch same packages.

It seems to work now.

Cheers,
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