[Bug 1068422] Re: Software-properties mirror selection may pick an out-of-date mirror

[glaz]

Got the same issue on 12.04 x64: can not install skype(attached skype
installation log).

Skype was removed when I have upgraded from 10.04 to 12.04 so I tied to
reinstall it with:

sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner"
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install skype

and got this:

glaz at glaz:~$ sudo apt-get install skype
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 skype : Depends: skype-bin
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I have also tried to download Skype package from official Skype website
and install packege via dpkg -i, but installation have failed because my
system does not contain ia32-libs package... and I can not install it
too..

I have googled for such problems and decided to reinstall Ubuntu from my
LiveUSB 12.04 x64 but it doesn't make sense, I still have the same
errors. Looks like I can not install any i386 packages at all =( (I
already meant  about ia32-libs).

As you may see in attached file, I've already manually switched to main ubuntu mirror, but it doesn't make sense too.
Also, I have tried to manually  add "foreign-architecture i386" to /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch but nothing changed.
Any ideas on possible solutions?

** Attachment added: "Skype installation log"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1068422/+attachment/3417656/+files/skype_installation.txt

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Title:
  Software-properties mirror selection may pick an out-of-date mirror

Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Trying to install skype in Ubuntu Quantal gives skype-bin error in
  software center.

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