[Bug 1698980] [NEW] Can't install on trusty arm64 chroot

[Nick Garnett]

Public bug reported:

When I try apt-get install crossbuild-essential-arm64, I get ta "broken
packages" error:

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:
 crossbuild-essential-arm64 : Depends: libc6-dev:arm64 but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: crossbuild-essential-arm64 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-79.100~14.04.1-generic 4.4.67
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-79-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.24
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Jun 19 17:17:05 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-07 (12 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160803)
SourcePackage: build-essential
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: build-essential (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty

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Title:
  Can't install on trusty arm64 chroot

Status in build-essential package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When I try apt-get install crossbuild-essential-arm64, I get ta
  "broken packages" error:

  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:
   crossbuild-essential-arm64 : Depends: libc6-dev:arm64 but it is not installable
  E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: crossbuild-essential-arm64 (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-79.100~14.04.1-generic 4.4.67
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-79-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.24
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Jun 19 17:17:05 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-07 (12 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160803)
  SourcePackage: build-essential
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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