Bug#425799: libc6-i386 tries to overwrite /lib32 symlink made by ncurses

[Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>]

reassign 425799 lib32ncurses5
thanks

Joshua Kwan a écrit :
> Package: libc6-i386
> Version: 2.5-9
> Severity: serious
> 
> Preparing to replace libc6-i386 2.5-8 (using .../libc6-i386_2.5-9_amd64.deb)
> ...
> Unpacking replacement libc6-i386 ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-i386_2.5-9_amd64.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/lib32', which is also in package lib32ncurses5
> 
> The problem here is that lib32ncurses5 5.6-1 is still installed, and
> it provides the same symlink... If I let this install fail, and dpkg -i
> lib32ncurses5 5.6-3, which removes the symlink, then try this again, it
> all works.

This is a bug in lib32ncurses5, not in libc6-i386.

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