Bug#683026: --add-architecture

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi,

Filipus Klutiero wrote:

> It looks like --add-architecture is not a great solution. After
> doing that, packages in Synaptic would show with ":amd64" (for
> example, mesa-utils). I had to remove the architecture, but that
> wasn't possible until I uninstalled the amd64 package.

Can you spell this out for me?  What exact symptom did Synaptic
show, how did it interfere with work, and is this an important
bug that should be fixed in Synaptic?

Thanks,
Jonathan