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  1. Bug #845136
  2. Comment #19

Comment 19 for bug 845136

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

multiarch allows to install packages that are foreign to the native host arch. The duplicate packages you see are probably arch i386 and amd64 binary packages. Apparently, apt-get shows this information but aptitude does not which is filed as bug 817181. Feel free to let us know you are affected by this lack of information via https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/817181/+affectsmetoo