Bug#538807: broken dependencies libc6-dev-i386 -> libc6-i386

[Felix Zielcke <fzielcke@z-51.de>]

Package: libc6-dev-i386
Version: 2.9-22
Severity: serious

Hello,

I just got this while upgrading:

# aptitude
E: Couldn't configure pre-depend libc6-i386 for libc6-dev-i386, probably a dependency cycle.
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The german words in english:
Package couldn't be solved. Trying to solve:
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Maybe a bug in dpkg?
Maybe it doestn't like this?
Pre-Depends: libc6-i386 (>= 2.9-21)
Depends: libc6-i386 (= 2.9-22)

I avoided it by uninstalling both packages and then installing the new versions instead of upgrading them.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers experimental
  APT policy: (500, 'experimental'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libc6-dev-i386 depends on:
ii  libc6-dev                     2.9-22     GNU C Library: Development Librari
ii  libc6-i386                    2.9-22     GNU C Library: 32-bit shared libra

Versions of packages libc6-dev-i386 recommends:
ii  gcc-multilib                  4:4.3.3-9  The GNU C compiler (multilib files

libc6-dev-i386 suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information