I believe this is a bug in dpkg, possibly debian bug 652063. I can reproduce this with dpkg in precise, and the error disappears when the dpkg from oneric is used. To reproduce this bug (on a multi-arch system):
$ sudo apt-get install gawk:amd64 $ sudo apt-get install gawk:i386 The second apt-get will remove libsigsegv2:amd64 for libsigsegv2:i386, but dpkg doesn't handle this properly. Issuing another `apt-get install` fixes the installation. ** Package changed: gawk (Ubuntu) => dpkg (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997701 Title: package gawk (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: pre-dependency problem - not installing gawk To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/997701/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
