On 2012-03-09 05:19 +0100, Daniel Hartwig wrote: > On 9 March 2012 11:16, Daniel Hartwig <mand...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 9 March 2012 03:09, Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote: >>> Package: aptitude >>> Version: 0.6.5-1 >>> User: multiarch-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org >>> Usertags: multiarch >>> >>> A few days ago there was a situation where libgcc1:amd64 was at a newer >>> version than libgcc1:i386, and aptitude was unable to perform a >>> safe-upgrade for this case (the correct solution is not to do anything, >>> which "apt-get upgrade" indeed does). >>> > > Out of curiosity, do either of these commands attempt to install the > out-of-sync packages: > > # apt-get dist-upgrade > # apt-get install libgcc1:amd64
No, because these actions would require removing the native libgcc1 package and its reverse dependencies, including libc6. Would be interesting to see what apt-get does if the dist-upgrade does not require removing essential packages. Cheers, Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org