Package: apt Version: 1.0.9.3 Severity: normal User: [email protected] Usertags: multiarch
Hi, I was just able to reproduce the problem spotted in #770301. Apt allows to install libbabl-dev for two different architectures and only errors out because dpkg (correctly) detects the conflict introduced by the Provides field. Some relevant logs: sudo apt-get install libbabl-dev:amd64 libbabl-dev:i386 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libbabl-0.1-0:i386 The following NEW packages will be installed: libbabl-0.1-0:i386 libbabl-dev libbabl-dev:i386 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1719 not upgraded. Need to get 168 kB of archives. After this operation, 430 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main libbabl-0.1-0 i386 0.1.10-2 [99.0 kB] Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main libbabl-dev amd64 0.1.10-2 [34.3 kB] Get:3 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main libbabl-dev i386 0.1.10-2 [34.2 kB] [...] Selecting previously unselected package libbabl-0.1-0:i386. (Reading database ... 272691 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libbabl-0.1-0_0.1.10-2_i386.deb ... Unpacking libbabl-0.1-0:i386 (0.1.10-2) ... Selecting previously unselected package libbabl-dev:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../libbabl-dev_0.1.10-2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libbabl-dev:amd64 (0.1.10-2) ... Selecting previously unselected package libbabl-dev:i386. Preparing to unpack .../libbabl-dev_0.1.10-2_i386.deb ... Unpacking libbabl-dev:i386 (0.1.10-2) ... [...] E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) [100] josch@hoothoot> sudo dpkg --configure --pending dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libbabl-dev:amd64: libbabl-dev:i386 (0.1.10-2) breaks libbabl-0.0-0-dev and is unpacked but not configured. libbabl-dev:amd64 (0.1.10-2) provides libbabl-0.0-0-dev. dpkg: error processing package libbabl-dev:amd64 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libbabl-dev:i386: libbabl-dev:amd64 (0.1.10-2) breaks libbabl-0.0-0-dev and is unpacked but not configured. libbabl-dev:i386 (0.1.10-2) provides libbabl-0.0-0-dev. dpkg: error processing package libbabl-dev:i386 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: libbabl-dev:amd64 libbabl-dev:i386 [1] josch@hoothoot> Please let apt follow dpkg behaviour. cheers, josch -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

