Re: dpkg: native package in rc state prevents installation of m-a:foreign counterpart

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi,

Guillem Jover wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-07-22 at 04:37:02 +0200, Arno Schuring wrote:

>> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libwine_1.4.1-2_i386.deb
[...]
>> rc  libwine:amd64   1.4.1-1.2    Windows API implementation - library
>> ii  libwine:i386    1.4.1-1.2    Windows API implementation - library
[...]
> Yes, that's on purpose, otherwise the database could end up with
> multiple instances of non-coinstallable packages, which would break
> lots of internal and external assumptions.

How does crossgrading normally work?  If Arno had not had libwine:i386
installed, would the upgrade have worked?

[...]
> Yes, this appears to be a problem with apt, reassigning as such.

What dpkg commands should apt run to upgrade from this state?

Thanks,
Jonathan