[Bug 1070672] [NEW] Architecture: all packages no longer treated as implicitly Multi-Arch: foreign

[Micah Gersten]

Public bug reported:

on an amd64 quantal system

sudo apt-get install ecere-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 ecere-dev:i386 : Depends: fonts-freefont-ttf:i386 but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.


apt-cache show fonts-freefont-ttf | grep Architecture
Architecture: all


This functionality was added in https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.8.16~exp12ubuntu7 in precise and dropped at some point in quantal.

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu Quantal)
     Importance: High
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu Raring)
     Importance: High
         Status: Triaged


** Tags: multiarch quantal raring regression-release

** Also affects: apt (Ubuntu Quantal)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: apt (Ubuntu Raring)
   Importance: High
       Status: Triaged

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Quantal)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Quantal)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Tags added: quantal raring

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Title:
  Architecture: all packages no longer treated as implicitly Multi-Arch:
  foreign

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “apt” source package in Quantal:
  Triaged
Status in “apt” source package in Raring:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  on an amd64 quantal system

  sudo apt-get install ecere-dev
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
  requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
  distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
  or been moved out of Incoming.
  The following information may help to resolve the situation:

  The following packages have unmet dependencies:
   ecere-dev:i386 : Depends: fonts-freefont-ttf:i386 but it is not installable
  E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

  
  apt-cache show fonts-freefont-ttf | grep Architecture
  Architecture: all

  
  This functionality was added in https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.8.16~exp12ubuntu7 in precise and dropped at some point in quantal.

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