On Tue, 2012-07-31 at 18:24:43 +0200, Christoph Pfister wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.16.4.3
> 
> Given the attached installation (+/- normal Debian Testing as of
> today), dpkg allows removal of a package with reverse-dependencies,
> which leads to broken dependencies (according to apt).

> root@debian:~# dpkg --remove libglu1-mesa:i386
> (Reading database ... 92583 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing libglu1-mesa:i386 ...
> root@debian:~# apt-get check
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  libwine-gl:i386 : Depends: libglu1-mesa:i386 but it is not installed or
>                             libglu1:i386
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
> root@debian:~#

W/o having checked for the actual cause, my guess is that this is due
to the libglu1 Provides by libglu1-mesa:amd64. I'll check out later
today what's going on and the possible implications.

thanks,
guillem


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