Bug#219176: libc6.1: Fails to install on ia64 because of libc in ia32-libs

[Eric Schwartz <emschwar@debian.org>]

Package: libc6.1
Version: 2.3.2-9
Severity: grave
Tags: sid

I tried a dist-upgrade today:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libc6.1-dev: Depends: libc6.1 (= 2.3.2.ds1-9) but 2.3.2-9 is installed
  locales: Depends: glibc-2.3.2.ds1-8 but it is not installable

So I 'apt-get -f install' to fix this problem:

Preparing to replace libc6.1 2.3.2-9 (using
.../libc6.1_2.3.2.ds1-9_ia64.deb) ...
These libraries were found in /emul/ia32-linux/lib:
libc.so.6
libdl.so.2
libm.so.6
libpthread.so.0
librt.so.1

Another copy of the C library was found via /etc/ld.so.conf.
It is not safe to upgrade the C library in this situation;
please remove the directory from /etc/ld.so.conf and try again.
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/libc6.1_2.3.2.ds1-9_ia64.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6.1_2.3.2.ds1-9_ia64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

The libraries libc6.1 is complaining about are ia32 emulation libraries
from ia32-libs and libc6.1 should (AFAIK) just ignore them and continue
on its merry way.

I filed this as 'grave' because the current version of libc6.1 is
uninstallable on ia64.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: ia64
Kernel: Linux wilson 2.4.20-mckinley-smp #1 SMP Fri Aug 15 09:56:59 MDT 2003 ia64
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8

Versions of packages libc6.1 depends on:
ii  libdb1-compat                 2.1.3-7    The Berkeley database routines [gl

-- no debconf information