Archive skew might be to blame here -- a newer version of libnspr4 is built, and gets published on amd64 before i386 (or vice-versa); since the exact same version is required for multiarch installs, apt refuses to install the out-of-sync version.
Try waiting a day or two and just doing it again and see if it changes. This also might explain why it passes Steve's installability-in-archive test but isn't installable on user systems. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1016294 Title: ia32-libs-multiarch but it is not installable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ia32-libs/+bug/1016294/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs