Documented at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/ReleaseNotes/CommonInfrastructure: * If you have i386 packages installed an an amd64 system in Ubuntu 11.10, it is strongly recommended that you install the versions of apt and dpkg from oneiric-updates before upgrading. A number of multiarch-affecting upgrade issues have been fixed in those versions. (Bug:850264, Bug:902603)
** Changed in: ubuntu-release-notes Status: New => Fix Released -- 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 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/850264 Title: given a foreign architecture of i386 on amd64 machine, and an outdated libc, apt tries to remove libc-bin To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/850264/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs