[Bug 1289331] Re: package libpam-modules 1.1.3-8ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: pre-dependency problem - not installing libpam-modules:amd64

[Ed Falat]

We can close this one.

 I had to add apt-build last year to use a package that was not even in
experimental repositories. I began to get errors about
"bin-i386/Packages" not found on updates/upgrades. I was surprised to
see that libc6 was installing both an AMD64 and and i386 version.

I solved the dist-upgrade problem by adding to   /var/cache/apt-build/repository/dists/apt-build/main/  a link 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    8 Jan 19  2013 binary-amd64 -> ../../..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    8 Mar  7 19:49 binary-i386 -> ../../..

This allowed update-manager to complete and it now boots and logs in
quietly. The only very low priority annoyance is a warning on updates
about duplicate repositories:

Reading package lists... Done
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/linux.dropbox.com_ubuntu_dists_saucy_main_binary-amd64_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main i386 Packages 
(/var/lib/apt/lists/linux.dropbox.com_ubuntu_dists_saucy_main_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main amd64 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_main_binary-amd$
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_main_binary-i386$


Definitely not a show stopper.

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Title:
  package libpam-modules 1.1.3-8ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade:
  ErrorMessage: pre-dependency problem - not installing libpam-
  modules:amd64

Status in “eglibc” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Multiple errors after upgrading from 12.10 to 13.10. Lubuntu, after
  announcing a group of error reports, allowed login, but no menu panel
  appears. A right click exposes a menu (openbox?) that allows an
  instance of lxterminal, but, little else. Had to start web browser
  from command line. Did a "wajig install lxde" to get a menu.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: libpam-modules
  Uname: Linux 3.13.1-031301-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Feb 28 13:50:51 2014
  DuplicateSignature: package:libpam-modules:1.1.3-8ubuntu3:ErrorMessage: pre-dependency problem - not installing libpam-modules:amd64
  ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: pre-dependency problem - not installing libpam-modules:amd64
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: pam
  Title: package libpam-modules 1.1.3-8ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: pre-dependency problem - not installing libpam-modules:amd64
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2014-02-28 (6 days ago)

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