Package: dpkg Version: 1.16.2 Severity: serious To update a package that is available both as amd64 and i386 on my machine, dpkg fails as in
Setting up libc-bin (2.13-30) ... (Reading database ... 290169 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libc6:i386 2.13-27 (using .../libc6_2.13-30_i386.deb) ... De-configuring libc6:amd64 ... Unpacking replacement libc6:i386 ... Preparing to replace libc6:amd64 2.13-27 (using .../libc6_2.13-30_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libc6:amd64 ... dpkg: error: --configure needs a valid package name but 'libc6' is not: ambiguous package name 'libc6' with more than one installed instance One can then get over it by removing all reverse dependencies and libc6:i386 with it, which hurts. Afterwards, the package can be installed again. Flawlessly. Once over it, it now happens again with the very next package: Unpacking libstdc++6:i386 (from .../libstdc++6_4.7.0-3_i386.deb) ... Processing triggers for ccache ... Updating symlinks in /usr/lib/ccache ... dpkg: error: --configure needs a valid package name but 'gcc-4.7-base' is not: ambiguous package name 'gcc-4.7-base' with more than one installed instance $ dpkg -l gcc-4.7-base Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============================-==============================-============================================================================ iU gcc-4.7-base:amd64 4.7.0-3 GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection (base package) iU gcc-4.7-base:i386 4.7.0-3 GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection (base package) Cheers, Steffen -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.6-1 ii libc6 2.13-30 ii libselinux1 2.1.9-2 ii tar 1.26-4 ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20110809-3 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.6.dfsg-2 dpkg recommends no packages. Versions of packages dpkg suggests: ii apt 0.8.15.10 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-dpkg-bugs-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
