Bug#433723: nscd: on i386 arch, broken Depends: libc6-amd64
On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 11:48:36PM +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
> On 19-Jul-2007, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> > Ben Finney a écrit :
> > > Package 'nscd_2.6-2_i386.deb' has 'Depends: libc6-amd64 (>=
> > > 2.6-1)'.
> >
> > This is a bug of dpkg-dev
>
> I'll take your word for that.
>
> Regardless, it is this package (nscd 2.6-2) that has a bad Depends.
True, but currently we can't do anything...
> > > This makes the package uninstallable, since the 'libc6-amd64'
> > > package cannot be installed on 'i386' architecture.
> >
> > Huh??? Could you explain why it can't be installed on 'i386'
> > architecture?
>
> It could be just my machine that can't currently install libc6-amd64.
> That might change the severity of this bug.
>
libc6-amd64 won't work on a plain i386 machine, but is still
installable. That's why I have downgraded the bug to normal.
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