On Thu, 11 Jan 2018, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > 10:32 <juliank> So libc6-dev-amd64:i386 should Conflicts: > > libc6-dev-i386:amd64 > > 10:32 <juliank> and vice versa > > > > So it's probably time to revisit this. > > Does it also now support cross-architecture "self"-conflicts? (see > bug#747261 for more details). With what you told me we can indeed fix a > few cases, but not the main ones. For example we need libc6-dev-x32:amd64 > to conflict with libc6-dev-x32:i386.
I don't think that you need this since those packages are not "Multi-Arch: same" and hence apt/dpkg will not try to install them together. I'm still putting Julian in copy in case he has something else to add on this topic. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Support Debian LTS: https://www.freexian.com/services/debian-lts.html Learn to master Debian: https://debian-handbook.info/get/