[Bug 1781144] Re: package libc6-dev-i386 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/include/fpu_control.h', which is also in package libc6-dev-amd64:i386 2.23-0ubuntu9

[Adam Conrad]

There are some complex relationships in biarch libc dev packages that
are a bit tough to represent in a "don't do that" way.  This is one of
them.

The real question here is why would you have libc-dev-amd64:i386
installed on an amd64 system?  libc6-dev:amd64 is effectively the same
thing, but without the weird indirection of using a foreign
architecture's biarch build.

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Title:
  package libc6-dev-i386 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade:
  trying to overwrite '/usr/include/fpu_control.h', which is also in
  package libc6-dev-amd64:i386 2.23-0ubuntu9

Status in glibc package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I ran sudo apt-get --fix-broken install
  and got this:

  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-dev-i386_2.23-0ubuntu10_amd64.deb
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  Description:	Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
  Release:	16.04

  apt-cache policy libc6-dev-i386_2.23-0ubuntu10_amd64.deb
  N: Unable to locate package libc6-dev-i386_2.23-0ubuntu10_amd64.deb
  N: Couldn't find any package by glob 'libc6-dev-i386_2.23-0ubuntu10_amd64.deb'
  N: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libc6-dev-i386_2.23-0ubuntu10_amd64.deb'

  I expected it to fix my video card driver issue with my new Supermicro
  X9DAi-O motherboard and other issue with it.

  What happened is I got the above errors.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: libc6-dev-i386 (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-87.110-generic 4.4.73
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-87-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Jul 11 11:30:37 2018
  DuplicateSignature:
   package:libc6-dev-i386:(not installed)
   Unpacking libc6-dev-i386 (2.23-0ubuntu10) ...
   dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-dev-i386_2.23-0ubuntu10_amd64.deb (--unpack):
    trying to overwrite '/usr/include/fpu_control.h', which is also in package libc6-dev-amd64:i386 2.23-0ubuntu9
  ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/include/fpu_control.h', which is also in package libc6-dev-amd64:i386 2.23-0ubuntu9
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-06 (278 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
   apt  1.2.24
  SourcePackage: glibc
  Title: package libc6-dev-i386 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/include/fpu_control.h', which is also in package libc6-dev-amd64:i386 2.23-0ubuntu9
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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