Bug#659505: Switching to identical package for other arch treated as disappearance

2012-03-05 Thread Guillem Jover
On Sat, 2012-02-11 at 17:07:39 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.16.2~wipmultiarch > Severity: normal > > I usually build linux-2.6 on amd64, but also test the binaries on an > i386 installation. I've been installing with --force-architecture up > until now. APT would basi

Bug#659505: Switching to identical package for other arch treated as disappearance

2012-02-11 Thread Ben Hutchings
Package: dpkg Version: 1.16.2~wipmultiarch Severity: normal I usually build linux-2.6 on amd64, but also test the binaries on an i386 installation. I've been installing with --force-architecture up until now. APT would basically ignore the foreign package; dpkg was also happy to do this 'upgrade