Re: can multiarch break my system?

[Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>]

On Wed 03 Oct 2012 at 23:04:40 -0500, Mark Allums wrote:

> What broken is multiarch in Sid.  They are getting ready to switch
> to it, but all of the pieces aren't there yet.  My guess is it will
> stay broken until well after the release of Wheezy.  Perhaps they
> intend for Jessie to be fully multiarch-capable.
> 
> Just guessing.

The mail at

   http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/02/msg00658.html

has

      > Seems like we need a release where multiarch is classed as an
      > experimental feature, which when enabled can break the system.

      Certainly.  That's what wheezy will be.

So your guess is not far off.