[Bug 845136] Re: Forget new packages doesn't save its action

[Joachim Durchholz]

I can confirm that removing/renaming the multiarch file will cause lots of breakage. I got lots of problems with various libraries, mostly kerberos-related stuff.
Deleting these packages would have deinstalled half of Ubuntu, so I force-deleted them (leaving their dependencies installed), then reinstalled them. At that point, I'd get the conflict with the i386 versions of the packages that was mentioned above, and would be unable to configure them (rendering them essentially nonfunctional I guess).

Restoring the multiarch file would then delete a huge list of :i386 packages, configure the packages, and restore everything to working order - including the proprietary Flash plugin that had been broken since the multiarch experiment.
So I guess I'll live with the "Forget New Packages" problem and hope it's really just cosmetic - removing multiarch was definitely one of the worst experiments I ever tried on my system.

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Title:
  Forget new packages doesn't save its action

Status in “aptitude” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in Baltix GNU/Linux:
  New

Bug description:
  Since I've upgraded to Oneiric, the "Forget new packages" menu options
  doesn't save its change.

  I'll do 'f' (or use the menu, doesn't matter) once, and the 'New
  Packages' section will be removed.

  But if I quit and reopen, or simply do an upgrade, when it comes back
  to the main screen. The 'New Packages' section is back, like if I
  never used the option in the first place.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: aptitude 0.6.4-1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 1.22.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Sep  8 16:31:29 2011
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: aptitude
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-08 (0 days ago)

  
  NOTE: Apparently, this ticket does not affect i386 systems (Rolf Leggewie)

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