Package: openjdk-7-jre Version: 7u95-2.6.4-1~deb7u1 When I try to upgrade (with aptitude dist-upgrade) from 7u91-2.6.3- 1~deb7u1 to 7u95-2.6.4-1~deb7u1, I got an unmet dependencies message :
The following NEW packages will be installed: initscripts:i386{ab} sysvinit-utils:i386{ab} The following packages will be upgraded: openjdk-7-jre-headless:i386 The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed: psmisc:i386 1 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 43.4 MB of archives. After unpacking 3,046 kB will be freed. The following packages have unmet dependencies: sysvinit-utils : Conflicts: sysvinit-utils:i386 but 2.88dsf-41+deb7u1 is to be installed. sysvinit-utils:i386 : Conflicts: sysvinit-utils but 2.88dsf-41+deb7u1 is installed. initscripts : Conflicts: initscripts:i386 but 2.88dsf-41+deb7u1 is to be installed. initscripts:i386 : Depends: sysv-rc:i386 which is a virtual package. or file-rc:i386 which is a virtual package. Conflicts: initscripts but 2.88dsf-41+deb7u1 is installed. Unable to resolve dependencies! Giving up... I saw this was added to rules in the last update : +ifneq (,$(filter $(distrel), squeeze wheezy jessie lucid precise quantal raring saucy trusty utopic vivid)) + control_vars += '-Vmountpoint:Depends=initscripts' +else + control_vars += '-Vmountpoint:Depends=util-linux (>= 2.26.2-4)' +endif but as initscripts:i386 conflicts with initscripts:amd64, it cannot be resolved in a multi-arch setup. I'm using debian wheezy -- Bastien