Hi Goswin, 2010/7/23 Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>: > root@frosties:/var/lib/apt/lists# apt-cache show libc6-armel-cross > E: Can't select versions from package 'libc6-armel-cross' as it purely virtual > E: No packages found try: apt-cache show libc6-armel-cross:armel or as an alternative: apt-cache show libc6-armel-cross -o APT::Architecture=armel > And now for the really spooky part: > Testing some more I find that the problem is the Replaces line. Changing > libc6-armel-cross to Changing libc6-armel-cross2 makes libc6-armel-cross > appear. Changing it back makes it disapear. This happens as APT adds Replaces against all known architectures to the package. So what you get above is "correct" as you have "requested" package libc6-armel-cross:i386 and this one is virtual as it is only created for the Replaces line. Still i guess it should do the same for virtual packages as it does it already if the package doesn't exist at all: Get the next possible match if no architecture is requested explicit… Best regards, David Kalnischkies
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