Hi, On 2016-06-03 16:28, Kingsley G. Morse Jr. wrote: > Package: libc6-i686 > Version: 2.22-7 > Severity: minor > > Hey guys, > > I hope you're well. > > > * What led up to the situation? > > While installing security patches, aptitude > asked if it would be OK to remove libc6-i686, > and neither > > $ apt-cache show libc6-i686 > > or > > $ aptitude show libc6-i686 > > reported that libc6-i686 is now a virtual > package. > > Instead, they said libc6-i686 contains the > standard libraries that are used by nearly all > programs on the system.
That happens because you have a version of libc6-i686 installed on your system, therefore apt or aptitude show this package. Now that you have upgraded your system and removed this package, apt and aptitude should show it is a virtual package. That said I don't know what we can do from the glibc side point of view to change this behavior. Note also that we added a note in /usr/share/doc/libc6/NEWS.Debian.gz of version 2.22-10 explaining that this package can be safely removed. Is it enough to consider this bug as fixed? Aurelien -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 4096R/1DDD8C9B [email protected] http://www.aurel32.net
