[Bug 872146] [NEW] apturl doesn't work with multiarch packages, i.e. skype:i386

[Eric Riese]

Public bug reported:

multiarch support, as added in Ubuntu Oneiric, makes it easy to install 32 bit packages on a 64 bit system. The 32 bit versions are named the same, but with ':i386' at the end, so if you're running a 64 bit system, there is no skype package in the repos, only one called skype:i386. Apturl flags valid package names as invalid, with the following error:
Invalid url: 'apt:skype:i386' given, exiting
Invalid package name 'skype:i386'

** Affects: apturl (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  apturl doesn't work with multiarch packages, i.e. skype:i386

Status in “apturl” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  multiarch support, as added in Ubuntu Oneiric, makes it easy to install 32 bit packages on a 64 bit system. The 32 bit versions are named the same, but with ':i386' at the end, so if you're running a 64 bit system, there is no skype package in the repos, only one called skype:i386. Apturl flags valid package names as invalid, with the following error:
  Invalid url: 'apt:skype:i386' given, exiting
  Invalid package name 'skype:i386'

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