Package: binutils-multiarch
Version: 2.27-6
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

having binutils and binutils-multiarch installed and upgrading from testing
(2.26.1-1) to unstable (2.27-6) makes at least `strings` and `ar` go away.

This happened to me on my main system when I upgraded yesterday. Reinstalling
binutils "fixed" it.

I could just reproduce this by installing binutils and binutils-multiarch on a
clean stretch chroot and upgrading to unstable. Doing the same but with only
binutils installed does not reproduce.

[...]
Preparing to unpack .../15-binutils-multiarch_2.27-6_amd64.deb ...
Adding 'diversion of /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-nm to 
/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-nm.single by binutils-multiarch'
Adding 'diversion of /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-objdump to 
/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-objdump.single by binutils-multiarch'
Adding 'diversion of /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-objcopy to 
/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-objcopy.single by binutils-multiarch'
Adding 'diversion of /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-strings to 
/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-strings.single by binutils-multiarch'
Adding 'diversion of /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-strip to 
/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-strip.single by binutils-multiarch'
Adding 'diversion of /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-size to 
/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-size.single by binutils-multiarch'
Adding 'diversion of /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ar to 
/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ar.single by binutils-multiarch'
Adding 'diversion of /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ranlib to 
/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ranlib.single by binutils-multiarch'
Adding 'diversion of /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-addr2line to 
/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-addr2line.single by binutils-multiarch'
Adding 'diversion of /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-gprof to 
/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-gprof.single by binutils-multiarch'
Adding 'diversion of /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-readelf to 
/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-readelf.single by binutils-multiarch'
Unpacking binutils-multiarch (2.27-6) over (2.26.1-1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../16-binutils_2.27-6_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking binutils (2.27-6) over (2.26.1-1) ...
[...]
Setting up binutils (2.27-6) ...
[...]
Setting up binutils-multiarch (2.27-6) ...
Removing 'diversion of /usr/bin/addr2line to /usr/bin/addr2line.single by 
binutils-multiarch'
Removing 'diversion of /usr/bin/ar to /usr/bin/ar.single by binutils-multiarch'
Removing 'diversion of /usr/bin/gprof to /usr/bin/gprof.single by 
binutils-multiarch'
Removing 'diversion of /usr/bin/nm to /usr/bin/nm.single by binutils-multiarch'
Removing 'diversion of /usr/bin/objcopy to /usr/bin/objcopy.single by 
binutils-multiarch'
Removing 'diversion of /usr/bin/objdump to /usr/bin/objdump.single by 
binutils-multiarch'
Removing 'diversion of /usr/bin/ranlib to /usr/bin/ranlib.single by 
binutils-multiarch'
Removing 'diversion of /usr/bin/readelf to /usr/bin/readelf.single by 
binutils-multiarch'
Removing 'diversion of /usr/bin/size to /usr/bin/size.single by 
binutils-multiarch'
Removing 'diversion of /usr/bin/strings to /usr/bin/strings.single by 
binutils-multiarch'
Removing 'diversion of /usr/bin/strip to /usr/bin/strip.single by 
binutils-multiarch'
[...]
# ar
-bash: /usr/bin/ar: No such file or directory
# strings
-bash: strings: command not found


-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 
'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental-debug'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages binutils-multiarch depends on:
ii  binutils  2.27-6
ii  libc6     2.23-4
ii  zlib1g    1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1

binutils-multiarch recommends no packages.

binutils-multiarch suggests no packages.

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