[Bug 1875165] Re: Missing package aptitude for i386 in focal

[Chris Guiver]

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make
Ubuntu better.

i386 is not a supported architecture for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, except for
certain compatibility (see https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/community-
process-for-32-bit-compatibility/12598)

Refer https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-
manager/+bug/1845690 which prevents i386 systems from running 20.04 LTS,
so why would the availability of `aptitude` help users who cannot use
it, and the amd64 version is native for their machines (or if running
ppc64el/s390x/other it's of not benefit anyway).

I'm going to mark this as incomplete, as to me it makes no sense given
i386/i686 is not a supported architecture beyond Ubuntu 19.04.

** Changed in: aptitude (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Missing package aptitude for i386 in focal

Status in aptitude package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  The latest Ubuntu LTS no longer provides the aptitude package for i386
  architecture (it is still provided for amd64 and other architectures).
  I think this was not intentional.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: aptitude (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-96.97-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-96-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.14
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: LXDE
  Date: Sun Apr 26 12:11:24 2020
  SourcePackage: aptitude
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2016-11-24 (1249 days ago)

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