[Pkg-ia32-libs-maintainers] Bug#605218: Bug#605218: apt-get dist-upgrade fails to install ia32-libs

[Goswin von Brederlow]

Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert at gmail.com> writes:

> tag 605218 patch
> thanks
>
> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Julien Cristau wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec  1, 2010 at 16:18:54 -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote:
>>
>>> Since ia32-libs-workaround-499043 is a third-party package, this really
>>> isn't Debian's problem. I think that the bug can be safely closed. In
>>> the meantime, this discussion can serve as a record for anyone else who
>>> may have installed the rogue package and run into the problem.
>>>
>> NAK. Â If the package was widely documented as the way to get flash on
>> 64bit, then we need to handle the upgrade path, if only by conflicting
>> against it.
>
> Please see attached patch.  I've tested that this will successfully
> install the new ia32-libs and remove ia32-libs-workaround-499043 (if
> its installed) in the process.
>
> Mike

It would have been more helpfull for someone to sponsor the already
fixed package on mentors.debian.net.

MfG
        Goswin