[Bug 1130707] Re: apt doesn't handle multi-arched provides properly

[David Kalnischkies]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1130419 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1130419

** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1130714
   apt doesn't handle multi-arched provides properly
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1130419
   apt resolver doesn't do sensible things when satisfying a cross-dependency on a virtual package (steam, wine)

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Title:
  apt doesn't handle multi-arched provides properly

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
    affects ubuntu/apt
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  When installing steam:i386 in a fresh amd64 Ubuntu 12.04.2 installation, apt-get
  chooses to forcibly uninstall the entire X11 stack.

  The dependencies in question are:
   - steam:i386 depends on libgl1-mesa-{glx,dri}
   - libgl1-mesa-{glx,dri}-lts-quantal:amd64 are installed
   - libgl1-mesa-{glx,dri}-lts-quantal:i386 are not installed
   - libgl1-mesa-{glx,dri}:i386 are not installed.
   - libgl1-mesa-{glx,dri}-lts-quantal Provides: libgl1-mesa-{glx,dri}
   - libgl1-mesa-{glx,dri}-lts-quantal Conflicts: libgl1-mesa-{glx,dri}

  PROBLEM:
  Facing this situation, when apt-get is told to install steam:i386, it chooses to
  install libgl1-mesa-{glx,dri}:i386 instead of
  libgl1-mesa-{glx,dri}-lts-quantal:i386 (which can satisfy the dependency due to
  the Provides field being set appropriately). This forces
  libgl1-mesa-{glx,dri}:amd64 to be uninstalled due to the conflicts relationship
  as mentioned above.

  Conversely, if libgl1-mesa-{glx,dri}-lts-quantal:i386 is already installed,
  apt-get install steam:i386 does the right thing.

  Amending steam:i386 to depend on libgl1-mesa-{glx,dri}-lts-quantal |
  libgl1-mesa-{glx,dri}-lts-quantal fixes the issue for those with the LTS
  Enablement Stack installed, but causes this bug to manifest on systems on the
  older stack. Reversing the order of the packages in the bar dependency (foo |
  foo-lts-quantal) also doesn't work.

  
  [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack

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  Kind regards,
  Loong Jin

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