[Bug 1867432] [NEW] Please stop building libcrypt for multilib packages (Ubuntu 20.04)

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Public bug reported:

Debian's bug
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=951880
Debian's resolution
https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc/-/commit/e079ec4b53af427b238392edef40bb8fa9f55e62

During system upgrade user may receive unconfigured packages (grub-common, plymouth, network-manager etc) with error
/usr/bin/perl: /lib64/libcrypt.so.1: version `XCRYPT_2.0' not found (required by /usr/bin/perl)
Problem with limited version of libcrypt.so.1 from /lib64 which system tries to use first
After removal of libc6-amd64:i386 upgrade finished successfully.

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

** Affects: glibc (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #951880
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=951880

** Also affects: glibc (Debian) via
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=951880
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  Please stop building libcrypt for multilib packages (Ubuntu 20.04)

Status in glibc package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in glibc package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  Debian's bug
  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=951880
  Debian's resolution
  https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc/-/commit/e079ec4b53af427b238392edef40bb8fa9f55e62

  During system upgrade user may receive unconfigured packages (grub-common, plymouth, network-manager etc) with error
  /usr/bin/perl: /lib64/libcrypt.so.1: version `XCRYPT_2.0' not found (required by /usr/bin/perl)
  Problem with limited version of libcrypt.so.1 from /lib64 which system tries to use first
  After removal of libc6-amd64:i386 upgrade finished successfully.

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