[Aptitude-devel] Bug#672340: [PATCH] aptitude: resolver always removes foreign-arch packages

[Ralf Jung]

Hi,

I just compiled aptitude with this patch applied, and I can confirm that at 
least in the first and simple case I tested, aptitude behaved as expected. 
Thanks a lot!

Kind regards,
Ralf

On Saturday 04 August 2012 08:23:24 you wrote:
> Attached patch updates the problem resolver to better handle
> multi-arch situations so that it no longer gets stuck trying to remove
> all foreign-arch packages.
> 
> Affected users and interested persons should perform testing and
> review on this.  The changes are relatively small but there is room
> for regressions in complex dependency situations.
> 
> The patch has been developed and tested with aptitude 0.6.8.
> 
> If this works or does not work for you please comment, particularly if
> you experience regressions.