[Bug 853679] [NEW] dselect has an error in the "Provides: <package>" multiarch case

[Michael Neuffer]

Public bug reported:

When a package like libcms1 that has a Provides: field is installed for more then one architecture
the resulting conflict is not resolved by internally distinguishing between the (two) architectures.

Instead dselect tries to uninstall one of the two packages. This is not
the correct solution.

apt-get upgrade doesn't show this behaviour and handles this situation
correctly.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: dselect 1.16.0.3ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 19 08:40:08 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64+mac (20110901)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: dpkg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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


** Tags: apport-bug multiarch oneiric

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Title:
  dselect has an error in the "Provides: <package>" multiarch case

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When a package like libcms1 that has a Provides: field is installed for more then one architecture
  the resulting conflict is not resolved by internally distinguishing between the (two) architectures.

  Instead dselect tries to uninstall one of the two packages. This is
  not the correct solution.

  apt-get upgrade doesn't show this behaviour and handles this situation
  correctly.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: dselect 1.16.0.3ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Sep 19 08:40:08 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64+mac (20110901)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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