Bug#1115227: libllvm19: Installing libllvm19:i386 on a AMD64 system with libllvm19 already installed will force apt to remove libllvm19 and dependent packages.

[Sebastian Ramacher]

Control: reopen -1

On 2025-09-14 14:19:00 +0200, Sebastian Ramacher wrote:
> On 2025-09-14 12:31:48 +0100, Bogdans Krutilins wrote:
> > Package: libllvm19
> > User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
> > Usertags: i386
> > User: debian-amd64 at lists.debian.org
> > Usertags: amd64
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-amd64 at lists.debian.org
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: bkr1haya at gmail.com
> > Version: 1:19.1.7-6
> > Severity: grave
> > Justification: renders package unusable
> > 
> > Dear Maintainer,
> > 
> >    * What led up to the situation?
> > - Attempted to install libllvm19:i386 as it is a requirement for Steam.
> >    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
> >      ineffective)?
> > - I ran "sudo apt install libllvm19:i386". This caused apt to state that it
> > will be removing libllvm19, xorg, nvidia-driver ffmpeg, clang, chromium etc.
> >    * What was the outcome of this action?
> > - I cancelled the installation of libllvm19:i386 as I did not want
> > important packages to be removed.
> >    * What outcome did you expect instead?
> > - libllvm19:i386 would co-install alongside the libllvm19 AMD64 package on
> > my AMD64 system. This was always the case previously. Looking at
> > https://packages.debian.org/sid/libllvm19, it shows that both i386 and
> > AMD64 packages are the same version, so (from my understanding), the
> > install should have went ahead without issue.
> 
> You need to be a bit patient until the i386 build is included in the
> archive.

I closed this too early. The recent upload removed the MA: same
annotation for libllvm19.

Cheers
-- 
Sebastian Ramacher