[Bug 852101] Re: 32-bit applications do not start on 64

[Sworddragon]

The reinstalling of libc6-i386 hasn't installed any other packages. This
means where was no loader missing or the loader isn't explicitly a
package. Why is the loader "activated" if libc6-i386 is reinstalled? Why
was the loader "deactivated" after I uninstalled skype:i386 with all
it's dependencies? Or does the deleting of /etc/dpkg/multiarch which
included "foreign-architecture i386" disable it?

The behaviour is a little strange that the loader can be disabled if an
installed package like Wine depends on it.

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Title:
  32-bit applications do not start on 64

Status in “eglibc” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “ia32-libs” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “eglibc” source package in Oneiric:
  Won't Fix
Status in “ia32-libs” source package in Oneiric:
  Fix Released
Status in “eglibc” source package in Precise:
  Triaged
Status in “ia32-libs” source package in Precise:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  WORKAROUND: reinstall libc6-i386 by running 'sudo apt-get install --reinstall libc6-i386'.
  ----

  After the latest updates Wine does not work at all. Output from the console:
  ~$ wine
  bash: /usr/bin/wine: No such file or directory

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: wine1.3 1.3.28-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Sep 16 20:20:19 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: wine1.3
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-16 (0 days ago)

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