[Bug 1171931] Re: Installing multiarch debs can uninstall native arch packages

2013-04-30 Thread Iain Lane
I think to some extent you get what you deserve if you pass -y to apt- get. I've just looked at aptdaemon's API and it does look like perhaps it doesn't provide the functionality that we need to avoid this undesirable behaviour. I'll try to write a small aptdaemon client to reproduce this. We will

[Bug 1171931] Re: Installing multiarch debs can uninstall native arch packages

2013-04-30 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
If it isn't apt's job, then I suggest that it's aptdaemon's, not USC's. You should get the same error whether you try to install the package from USC, from the Dash, or (if it ends up in a PPA or third-party archive somehow) from Software Updater. If so, reassign to me and I'll spec the error pres

[Bug 1171931] Re: Installing multiarch debs can uninstall native arch packages

2013-04-23 Thread Dave Morley
Part of the issue here is that apt-get -y will have the same effect if the package were in the archive. So I'm not so sure this is something that USC should be fixing but rather one that apt itself should be fixing. If it is fixed in apt, then USC then follows the erroring system, USC can then po

[Bug 1171931] Re: Installing multiarch debs can uninstall native arch packages

2013-04-23 Thread Sebastien Bacher
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[Bug 1171931] Re: Installing multiarch debs can uninstall native arch packages

2013-04-23 Thread Iain Lane
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[Bug 1171931] Re: Installing multiarch debs can uninstall native arch packages

2013-04-23 Thread Iain Lane
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[Bug 1171931] Re: Installing multiarch debs can uninstall native arch packages

2013-04-23 Thread Iain Lane
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[Bug 1171931] Re: Installing multiarch debs can uninstall native arch packages

2013-04-23 Thread Iain Lane
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[Bug 1171931] Re: Installing multiarch debs can uninstall native arch packages

2013-04-23 Thread Iain Lane
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[Bug 1171931] Re: Installing multiarch debs can uninstall native arch packages

2013-04-23 Thread Iain Lane
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