[Pkg-ime-devel] Bug#889053: [gir1.2-ibus-1.0] Fails to install Multi-Arch

[Philip Blagoveschensky]

I have this problem too, but I also can't uninstall either arch of
gir1.2-ibus-1.0. I am on Debian Stretch, upgraded to the latest updates, my
gir.12-ibus-1.0 is 1.5.14-3. I have :amd64 and :i386 installed, but not
configured, and unfortunately I can't uninstall them either:

$ sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq gir1.2-ibus-1.0:i386
(Reading database ... 594925 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing gir1.2-ibus-1.0:i386 (1.5.14-3) ...
dpkg-query: error: --listfiles needs a valid package name but 'gir1.2-ibus-1.0' is not: ambiguous package name 'gir1.2-ibus-1.0' with more than one installed instance

Use --help for help about querying packages.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 210, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 196, in main
    pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package))
  File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package
    raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)
Exception: cannot get content of gir1.2-ibus-1.0
dpkg: error processing package gir1.2-ibus-1.0:i386 (--remove):
 subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg-query: error: --listfiles needs a valid package name but 'gir1.2-ibus-1.0' is not: ambiguous package name 'gir1.2-ibus-1.0' with more than one installed instance

Use --help for help about querying packages.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/py3compile", line 290, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/py3compile", line 270, in main
    options.force, options.optimize, e_patterns)
  File "/usr/bin/py3compile", line 154, in compile
    for fn, versions_to_compile in filter_files(files, e_patterns, versions):
  File "/usr/bin/py3compile", line 106, in filter_files
    for fn in files:
  File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 71, in filter_public
    for fn in files:
  File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package
    raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)
Exception: cannot get content of gir1.2-ibus-1.0
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 gir1.2-ibus-1.0:i386
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