Bug#703375: apt: installing skype 4.1 in multiarch tries to deinstall large portion of system
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 9:03 PM, arne anka <debian@ginguppin.de> wrote:
> it's not caused by force-architecture but by multiarch!
> if you've read my full post instead of conveniently hanging yourself up at
> "skype", you'd seen it!
It's not caused by multiarch, but by you!
If you've read my full post instead of conveniently hanging yourself up at
my remark regarding "skype", you'd seen it!
(sorry, I couldn't resist)
The debian wiki provides the very same information the skype faq does -
with the difference that the wiki provides a direct link while the faq links
to a generic landing page in which you have to perform two clicks before
you can download the debian package.
Nowhere is said of course that it will work on an "experimental" system
(yes, your system is not even "unstable" as the libc6 version indicates).
It is even explicitly defined that APT will not go and just install stuff from
experimental without your explicit intervention, which would have been
needed here. Even then packages might be temporarily unavailable or
not co-installable as it is to be expected in "experimental" as it isn't a
stable release and buildds prefer tasks from other suites for obvious reasons.
I expect a user of experimental to not require hand-holding as usage of
the "experimental" archive requires a fair bit of knowledge gained by reading.
It's not mine nor the fault of multiarch that you don't read the documentation.
Best regards
David Kalnischkies
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