On Mon, 13 May 2013 21:14:11 +0100 Alan Pope <a...@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> This doesn't look like a problem on your system, but the fact that on > sid the 64-bit build of libc6 is currently slightly ahead of the > 32-bit build. You can see this here:- > > http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libc6 > > 2.17-2: amd64 armhf powerpc s390 s390x > 2.17-1: armel i386 sparc > > Ok, so what this is telling me is that you have a 64-bit system which > has libc6:amd64 2.17-2 but you want to pull in the latest libc6:i386 > to satisfy the dependency for installing the other 32-bit packages > (such as libgtk2.0-0:i386) which you need for Acrobat. > > I see two "solutions" (well there are many solutions, but the two > most straightforward):- > > 1. Wait for whatever issue is holding up the 32-bit build of 2.17-2 > of libc6. > 2. Downgrade libc6:amd64 to 2.17-1 so you can then install libc6:i386 > thus:- > > apt-get install libc6:amd64=2.17-1 > > You can also just "simulate" this operation safely with:- > > apt-get install -s libc6:amd64=2.17-1 > > Chances are some other package or two may need to be downgraded also. > It's only a minor bump so theoretically it should be much to be > downgraded, and you can do them all in one go with:- > > apt-get install libc6:amd64=2.17-1 foo:amd64=1.2.3 bar:amd64=4.5.6 > > etc (replacing foo and bar with package names and 1.2.3 and 4.5.6 > with the version numbers apt asks for). Again, use -s to simulate to > see if it will come up with a sane solution. > > Once you've done that you'll have libc6:amd64 on 2.17-1 and can > happily install libc6:i386 version 2.17-1 too. > > Note: if you "apt-get upgrade" or "dist-upgrade" (or use equivalent > tools like aptitude or synaptic to effect the same thing) you will > end up upgrading libc6:amd64 to 2.17-2, or in fact it may just hold > that back because you also need libc6:i386 to be held back for the > acrobat dependency to fulfil. Thanks Alan, if the libc mismatch doesn't get sorted soon I'll try your suggestions > Now we're in a new multiarch world you should be able to install > individual 32-bit libraries as required. The skew you're seeing is > the pitfall of running sid I fear. True, and there have been a lot of upgrades since the release of wheezy so I suppose it is inevitable things will break. Mostly though sid is pretty stable in actual use and it doesn't justify its other name. -- John Lewis Debian & the GeneWeb genealogical data server -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
