At this point I'm inclined to say that backporting this to non-LTS releases isn't worth the effort of doing SRU exceptions.
** Changed in: gcr (Ubuntu Quantal) Status: New => Won't Fix ** Changed in: gcr (Ubuntu Raring) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-keyring in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/998715 Title: Please transition gcr to multi-arch Status in “gcr” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “gnome-keyring” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “gcr” source package in Precise: Invalid Status in “gnome-keyring” source package in Precise: New Status in “gcr” source package in Quantal: Won't Fix Status in “gnome-keyring” source package in Quantal: Invalid Status in “gcr” source package in Raring: Won't Fix Status in “gnome-keyring” source package in Raring: Invalid Status in “gcr” source package in Saucy: Fix Released Status in “gnome-keyring” source package in Saucy: Invalid Status in “gcr” package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: [SRU] The debiffs attached to comments #4 and #5 backport the multi- arch changes from Saucy to Raring and Quantal respectively. See LP: #859600 for the Precise version. [IMPACT] libgcr-3-1:i386 and libgck-1-0:i386 are not installable on an x86_64 system. [Test Case] Run 'sudo apt-get install libgcr-3-1:i386' and verify that the files are installed in the correct location: $ ls -l /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcr* $ ls -l /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgck* [Regression Potential] Low, changes only affect packaging. libgcr-3-1:i386 depends on libgcr-3-common:i386, but this package doesn't exists, because libgcr-3-common is architecture independent. =========================================================== $ LANG= sudo apt-get install libgcr-3-1:i386 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: libgcr-3-1:i386 : Depends: libgcr-3-common:i386 but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: libgcr-3-1:i386 (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun May 13 14:05:01 2012 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, user) LANG=ru_RU.utf8 LANGUAGE=ru_RU:ru:en_GB:en SourcePackage: gnome-keyring UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-04 (9 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcr/+bug/998715/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp