Bug#535443: [Pkg-ia32-libs-maintainers] Bug#535443: ia32-libs breaks apt-get autoremove

[Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>]

Fathi Boudra <fabo@debian.org> writes:

> Package: ia32-apt-get
> Version: 20
> Severity: normal
>
> $ sudo apt-get autoremove
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
>   lib32ncurses5 ia32-libgcrypt11 ia32-samba-common ia32-libsasl2-2
> ia32-libkeyutils1 ia32-libkrb5-3 ia32-libgpg-error0 ia32-libdb4.7
> ia32-libldap-2.4-2 ia32-libtalloc1 ia32-libcap2 ia32-libgssapi-krb5-2
> ia32-libpopt0 ia32-libk5crypto3
>   lib32z1 lib32readline5 ia32-libgnutls26 ia32-libtasn1-3
> ia32-libkrb5support0 ia32-libwbclient0
> Hmm, seems like the AutoRemover destroyed something which really
> shouldn't happen. Please file a bug report against apt.
>
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   ia32-libpam-modules: PreDepends: ia32-libdb4.7 but it is not going
> to be installed
> E: Internal Error, AutoRemover broke stuff

Package: ia32-libpam-modules
Status: install ok installed
Priority: required
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 884
Maintainer: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
Architecture: amd64
Source: pam (1.0.1-9)
Version: 1.0.1-9~20
Replaces: ia32-libpam-umask, ia32-libpam0g-util, ia32-libs (<= 3~~), ia32-libs-gtk (<= 3~~)
Provides: ia32-libpam-mkhomedir, ia32-libpam-motd, ia32-libpam-umask
Pre-Depends: libc6-i386 (>= 2.4~20), ia32-libdb4.7, ia32-libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1~20), ia32-libselinux1 (>= 2.0.59~20), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6-i386 (>= 2.9-14)
Conflicts: ia32-libpam-mkhomedir, ia32-libpam-motd, ia32-libpam-umask, ia32-libpam0g-modules (= 0.66-1~20), suidmanager (<< 0.50), ia32-libs (<= 3~~), ia32-libs-gtk (<= 3~~)
Description: Pluggable Authentication Modules for PAM
 This package completes the set of modules for PAM. It includes the
  pam_unix_*.so module as well as some specialty modules.
Homepage: http://pam.sourceforge.net/

Could it be that the AutoRemover plain ignores Pre-Depends?

MfG
        Goswin