Internally, python-apt uses libapt-pkg, which for each package that has neither "Architecture: all" nor "MultiArch: same" properties generates a synthetic confclit with its own versions for other architectures. I.e. gnome-shell for amd64 conflicts with gnome-shell for i386, and vice versa, which makes sense.
However, python-apt fails to take architecture-specific conflicts (such as gnome-shell for amd64 conflicting with gnome-shell for i386) into account, and instead interprets them as plain conflicts of a package with itself. I believe the attached python-apt.fix2.patch is a superficial fix that doesn't fix the real problem but happens to fix its symptom. I'll make another fix. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/829138 Title: passing already installed package to software-center causes conflict message To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-apt/+bug/829138/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
