The fix for this is committed to the apt bzr repo, but not yet uploaded; debian/changelog warns not to upload because another ABI break is coming soon, but this warning dates from November. Michael, is this ABI change still pending?
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Precise) Status: Triaged => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/850264 Title: given a foreign architecture of i386 on amd64 machine, and an outdated libc, apt tries to remove libc-bin To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/850264/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs