[Aptitude-devel] Bug#598485: Bug#598485: Bug#598485: aptitude suggests to remove unrelated packages to resolve dependencies

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

Axel Beckert wrote:
> > Your issue is this:
> > 
> >    * Multi-arch update for the problem resolver:
> >      - handle conflicts without removing all foreign-arch
> >        packages (Closes: #672340) (LP: #831768)
> >      - correctly recognise dependencies solved by Multi-Arch:
> >        foreign packages (LP: #968412)
> > 
> > resolved in 0.6.8.1.
> 
> Yes, noticed this in the meanwhile, too, thanks to an hint from Michal.

JFTR: I've now also confirmed this empirically: Backporting aptitude
from Ubuntu Quantal to Ubuntu Precise solves my issue completely. And
I couldn't reproduce it in Wheezy either.

		Regards, Axel
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