Rolf and everyone, don't you think that this is all the same bug? The fact that aptitude doesn't handle the multiarch support wisely.
The real motivation or multiarch is to allow to install some i386 packages in amd64 systems. I remember that until multiarch users used to go something like 'dpkg -i --force' or something like that. So aptitude shouldn't show all those duplicates. It should hide them somewhere, perhaps consider them like different versions and the version number should now also include the architecture. OMG this turns aptitude mostly useless but how in the name of god is this plausible considering that aptitude is the tool of choice for so many users and sysadmins and developers. Has everyone stopped using aptitude since Oneiric or am I missing something? This is clearly an upstream issue and the funny thing is that I don't see much when looking for 'aptitude multiarch' in the interwebs. Something's crazy here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/831768 Title: aptitude cannot handle conflicts with multiarch enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/831768/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
