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

[Martin Pitt]

Hello Eric, or anyone else affected,

Accepted apturl into oneiric-proposed, the package will build now and be
available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

** Also affects: apturl (Ubuntu Oneiric)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: apturl (Ubuntu Precise)
   Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Michael Vogt (mvo)
       Status: In Progress

** Changed in: apturl (Ubuntu Oneiric)
       Status: New => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed

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

Status in “apturl” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in “apturl” source package in Oneiric:
  Fix Committed
Status in “apturl” source package in Precise:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  TEST CASE:
  1) In a terminal execute 'apturl "apt:skype:i386"'

  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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