This is a bug of libglib2.0-0 because its postrm purge removes it
unconditionnaly even if the package is still installed on another
architecture.
Cf the extract below of /var/lib/dpkg/info/libglib2.0-0:i386.postrm
if [ "$1" = purge ] && [ -d /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas ]; then
# Purge the compiled schemas
rm -f /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/gschemas.compiled
rmdir -p --ignore-fail-on-non-empty /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
fi
** Package changed: dpkg (Ubuntu) => glib2.0 (Ubuntu)
** Tags added: multiarch
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/884979
Title:
purging a package for different architecture may delete files needed
for the actual architecture
Status in “glib2.0” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
After installing adobe-flashplugin on my 64-bit system (11.10) I removed all
the packages for i386 architecture. Then I purged them. After restarting the
machine, the default Ubuntu session stopped working. I found that when I purged
package libglib2.0-0:i386, dpkg deleted the file
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/gschemas.compiled. However it also belongs to
libglib2.0-0. I supposed that the library missed this file, because after
copying it back, my box started to work again.
I do not know, if it is a serious problem, but dpkg should handle these
cases, when there are packages installed for different architectures. May hard
linking the same files prevent unwanted deletion?
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