The release notes all state that you must update the installers before
upgrading. That's why we have release notes :)

Regards,

Phill.

On 26 April 2012 17:11, vignesh <email address hidden> wrote:

> hi,
>
> I have seen this occure in the released version of ubuntu 12.04,
>
> has the fix happened after, the release?If it has its still not
> working.. else, please tell me ...
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> duplicate bug report (904840).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/850264
>
> Title:
>  given a foreign architecture of i386 on amd64 machine, and an outdated
>  libc, apt tries to remove libc-bin
>
> Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
>  Fix Released
> Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
>  Fix Released
> Status in “apt” source package in Oneiric:
>  Fix Released
> Status in “apt” source package in Precise:
>  Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
>  SRU justification: a bug in apt's resolver causes apt to select
>  pathological upgrade solutions when foreign-arch packages are
>  installed.  This affects a substantial proportion of amd64 users, who
>  will have multiarch enabled (e.g., for ia32-libs or for skype).  This
>  fix allows apt to calculate the upgrade correctly, preferring native
>  packages over foreign ones whenever possible.
>
>  TEST CASE:
>  1) on an oneiric amd64 system, install the skype:i386 package from the
> Canonical Partner repository.
>  2) attempt a release upgrade to precise with update-manager -d.
>  3) verify that the release upgrade failed, with errors in apt.log
> indicating involvement of :i386 packages
>  4) install the apt from oneiric-proposed
>  5) attempt the release upgrade a second time
>  6) verify that the release upgrade completes successfully.
>
>  RELEASE NOTES: although users will generally have -updates installed
>  already before they begin the upgrade, this particular issue has
>  enough of an impact on the upgrade for amd64 desktop users that I
>  think it's worth singling out in the release notes telling users that
>  they need to use the apt from -updates.  (I'm assuming here that we
>  won't have time to enforce this through update-manager prior to
>  release.)
>
>  This reproducer was verified to work in the live system of current
>  precise-dailies. It doesn't work on an installed system where
>  libc6:i386 is already installed!
>
>  1. Drop libc6-dev:
>     sudo dpkg -P libc6-dev
>
>  2. Downgrade to a previous libc:
>
>    wget
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/2.13-20ubuntu9/+build/2979954/+files/libc-bin_2.13-20ubuntu9_amd64.deb
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/2.13-20ubuntu9/+build/2979954/+files/libc6_2.13-20ubuntu9_amd64.deb
>    sudo dpkg -i libc*.bin
>
>  3. Ensure apt is consistent:
>
>      sudo apt-get install -f
>
>    should not complain about anything.
>
>  4. Install i386 package:
>
>    sudo apt-get install cpp:i386
>
>    This will propose to remove libc-bin and install the newer version
>  of libc-bin:i386 instead.
>
>  It seems that apt prefers install the foreign arch libc6-bin:i386 over
>  upgrading the native arch libc6-bin to the current version?
>
>  WORKAROUND
>  If you get this bug with Precise Alpha1 you can workaround by:
>  * Keeping 'install 3rd party software' _unchecked_ in the Prepare step of
> Ubiquity
>  or
>  * Disconnecting the system from the network before starting the
> installation
>
>  ----
>  Original bug report:
>
>  Today I added i386 as a foreign architecture and then tried to install
>  something with apt, but was presented with a very bad plan:
>
>  $ sudo apt-get install skype:i386
>  Reading package lists... Done
>  Building dependency tree
>  Reading state information... Done
>  The following extra packages will be installed:
>    gcc-4.6-base:i386 libasound2:i386 libaudio2:i386 libavahi-client3:i386
> libavahi-common-data:i386
>    libavahi-common3:i386 libc-bin:i386 libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6:i386
> libc6-dbg libc6-dev libc6-i386 libcomerr2:i386
>    libcups2:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386 libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386
> libfontconfig1:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libgcc1:i386
>    libgcrypt11:i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 libgnutls26:i386 libgpg-error0:i386
> libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 libice6:i386
>    libjpeg62:i386 libk5crypto3:i386 libkeyutils1:i386 libkrb5-3:i386
> libkrb5support0:i386 liblcms1:i386 libmng1:i386
>    libpcre3:i386 libpng12-0:i386 libqt4-dbus libqt4-dbus:i386
> libqt4-declarative libqt4-declarative:i386
>    libqt4-network libqt4-network:i386 libqt4-opengl libqt4-script
> libqt4-script:i386 libqt4-sql libqt4-sql:i386
>    libqt4-sql-mysql libqt4-sql-sqlite libqt4-svg libqt4-xml
> libqt4-xml:i386 libqt4-xmlpatterns
>    libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386 libqtcore4 libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4
> libqtgui4:i386 libselinux1:i386 libsm6:i386
>    libstdc++6:i386 libtasn1-3:i386 libtiff4:i386 libuuid1:i386
> libx11-6:i386 libxau6:i386 libxcb1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386
>    libxext6:i386 libxi6:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxss1:i386 libxt6:i386
> libxv1:i386 qdbus zlib1g:i386
>  Suggested packages:
>    libasound2-plugins:i386 libasound2-python:i386 nas:i386 glibc-doc
> glibc-doc:i386 locales:i386 cups-common:i386
>    rng-tools:i386 gnutls-bin:i386 krb5-doc:i386 krb5-user:i386
> liblcms-utils:i386 libqt4-declarative-folderlistmodel
>    libqt4-declarative-gestures libqt4-declarative-particles
> libqt4-declarative-shaders qt4-qmlviewer
>    libqt4-declarative-folderlistmodel:i386
> libqt4-declarative-gestures:i386 libqt4-declarative-particles:i386
>    libqt4-declarative-shaders:i386 qt4-qmlviewer:i386 libqt4-dev
> libqt4-dev:i386 qt4-qtconfig qt4-qtconfig:i386
>  Recommended packages:
>    libqt4-sql-mysql:i386 libqt4-sql-odbc:i386 libqt4-sql-psql:i386
> libqt4-sql-sqlite:i386
>  The following packages will be REMOVED:
>    libc-bin
>  The following NEW packages will be installed:
>    gcc-4.6-base:i386 libasound2:i386 libaudio2:i386 libavahi-client3:i386
> libavahi-common-data:i386
>    libavahi-common3:i386 libc-bin:i386 libc6:i386 libcomerr2:i386
> libcups2:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386 libexpat1:i386
>    libffi6:i386 libfontconfig1:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libgcc1:i386
> libgcrypt11:i386 libglib2.0-0:i386
>    libgnutls26:i386 libgpg-error0:i386 libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 libice6:i386
> libjpeg62:i386 libk5crypto3:i386
>    libkeyutils1:i386 libkrb5-3:i386 libkrb5support0:i386 liblcms1:i386
> libmng1:i386 libpcre3:i386 libpng12-0:i386
>    libqt4-dbus:i386 libqt4-declarative:i386 libqt4-network:i386
> libqt4-script:i386 libqt4-sql:i386 libqt4-xml:i386
>    libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386 libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4:i386 libselinux1:i386
> libsm6:i386 libstdc++6:i386
>    libtasn1-3:i386 libtiff4:i386 libuuid1:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxau6:i386
> libxcb1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386
>    libxi6:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxss1:i386 libxt6:i386 libxv1:i386
> skype:i386 zlib1g:i386
>  The following packages will be upgraded:
>    libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6-dbg libc6-dev libc6-i386 libqt4-dbus
> libqt4-declarative libqt4-network libqt4-opengl
>    libqt4-script libqt4-sql libqt4-sql-mysql libqt4-sql-sqlite libqt4-svg
> libqt4-xml libqt4-xmlpatterns libqtcore4
>    libqtgui4 qdbus
>  WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed.
>  This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
>    libc-bin
>  19 upgraded, 58 newly installed, 1 to remove and 274 not upgraded.
>  Need to get 71.5 MB of archives.
>  After this operation, 96.3 MB of additional disk space will be used.
>  You are about to do something potentially harmful.
>  To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
>   ?] ^C
>
>  To fix this, on slangasek's advice, I did
>
>  $ sudo apt-get install skype:i386 libc-bin
>
>  This upgraded libc-bin instead of removing it.
>
>  $ sudo apt-get install skype:i386 libc-bin
>  Reading package lists... Done
>  Building dependency tree
>  Reading state information... Done
>  The following extra packages will be installed:
>    gcc-4.6-base:i386 libasound2:i386 libaudio2:i386 libavahi-client3:i386
> libavahi-common-data:i386
>    libavahi-common3:i386 libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6:i386 libc6-dbg libc6-dev
> libc6-i386 libcomerr2:i386 libcups2:i386
>    libdbus-1-3:i386 libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386 libfontconfig1:i386
> libfreetype6:i386 libgcc1:i386 libgcrypt11:i386
>    libglib2.0-0:i386 libgnutls26:i386 libgpg-error0:i386
> libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 libice6:i386 libjpeg62:i386
>    libk5crypto3:i386 libkeyutils1:i386 libkrb5-3:i386 libkrb5support0:i386
> liblcms1:i386 libmng1:i386 libpcre3:i386
>    libpng12-0:i386 libqt4-dbus libqt4-dbus:i386 libqt4-declarative
> libqt4-declarative:i386 libqt4-network
>    libqt4-network:i386 libqt4-opengl libqt4-script libqt4-script:i386
> libqt4-sql libqt4-sql:i386 libqt4-sql-mysql
>    libqt4-sql-sqlite libqt4-svg libqt4-xml libqt4-xml:i386
> libqt4-xmlpatterns libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386 libqtcore4
>    libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4 libqtgui4:i386 libselinux1:i386 libsm6:i386
> libstdc++6:i386 libtasn1-3:i386
>    libtiff4:i386 libuuid1:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxau6:i386 libxcb1:i386
> libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxi6:i386
>    libxrender1:i386 libxss1:i386 libxt6:i386 libxv1:i386 qdbus zlib1g:i386
>  Suggested packages:
>    libasound2-plugins:i386 libasound2-python:i386 nas:i386 glibc-doc
> glibc-doc:i386 locales:i386 cups-common:i386
>    rng-tools:i386 gnutls-bin:i386 krb5-doc:i386 krb5-user:i386
> liblcms-utils:i386 libqt4-declarative-folderlistmodel
>    libqt4-declarative-gestures libqt4-declarative-particles
> libqt4-declarative-shaders qt4-qmlviewer
>    libqt4-declarative-folderlistmodel:i386
> libqt4-declarative-gestures:i386 libqt4-declarative-particles:i386
>    libqt4-declarative-shaders:i386 qt4-qmlviewer:i386 libqt4-dev
> libqt4-dev:i386 qt4-qtconfig qt4-qtconfig:i386
>  Recommended packages:
>    libqt4-sql-mysql:i386 libqt4-sql-odbc:i386 libqt4-sql-psql:i386
> libqt4-sql-sqlite:i386
>  The following NEW packages will be installed:
>    gcc-4.6-base:i386 libasound2:i386 libaudio2:i386 libavahi-client3:i386
> libavahi-common-data:i386
>    libavahi-common3:i386 libc6:i386 libcomerr2:i386 libcups2:i386
> libdbus-1-3:i386 libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386
>    libfontconfig1:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libgcc1:i386 libgcrypt11:i386
> libglib2.0-0:i386 libgnutls26:i386
>    libgpg-error0:i386 libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 libice6:i386 libjpeg62:i386
> libk5crypto3:i386 libkeyutils1:i386
>    libkrb5-3:i386 libkrb5support0:i386 liblcms1:i386 libmng1:i386
> libpcre3:i386 libpng12-0:i386 libqt4-dbus:i386
>    libqt4-declarative:i386 libqt4-network:i386 libqt4-script:i386
> libqt4-sql:i386 libqt4-xml:i386
>    libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386 libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4:i386 libselinux1:i386
> libsm6:i386 libstdc++6:i386
>    libtasn1-3:i386 libtiff4:i386 libuuid1:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxau6:i386
> libxcb1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386
>    libxi6:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxss1:i386 libxt6:i386 libxv1:i386
> skype:i386 zlib1g:i386
>  The following packages will be upgraded:
>    libc-bin libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6-dbg libc6-dev libc6-i386 libqt4-dbus
> libqt4-declarative libqt4-network
>    libqt4-opengl libqt4-script libqt4-sql libqt4-sql-mysql
> libqt4-sql-sqlite libqt4-svg libqt4-xml libqt4-xmlpatterns
>    libqtcore4 libqtgui4 qdbus
>  20 upgraded, 57 newly installed, 0 to remove and 274 not upgraded.
>  Need to get 43.7 MB/71.6 MB of archives.
>  After this operation, 96.5 MB of additional disk space will be used.
>  Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
>
>  libc-bin was version 2.13-17ubuntu2 at the time, and updated to
>  2.13-20ubuntu2
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
>  Package: apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu6
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.14-generic 3.0.3
>  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic x86_64
>  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
>  ApportVersion: 1.22.1-0ubuntu2
>  Architecture: amd64
>  Date: Wed Sep 14 11:43:35 2011
>  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64
> (20101008.1)
>  ProcEnviron:
>   PATH=(custom, user)
>   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  SourcePackage: apt
>  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-14 (61 days ago)
>
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