Bug#758224: Confused about libpulse0 libsystemd-journal0 dependency

[Felipe Sateler]

Control: tags -1 moreinfo unreproducible
Hi,

On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Frits Daalmans <frits at daalmansdata.eu> wrote:
> Package: pulseaudio
> Version: 5.0-6
> Severity: normal
>
> Problem: can't install libpulse0:i386 5.0-6 on system with libpulse0:amd64 5.0-6
>
> I have a mixed amd64 / i386 architecture system, have libpulse0:amd64
> upgraded to 5.0-6, and wished to upgrade libpulse0:i386 from 4.0-6+b1 to 5.0-6
> for skype.
>
> libpulse0 version 5.0-6 has a new Depends: libsystemd-journal0 (>= 183)
>
> libsystemd-journal0 version 204-7 for amd64 architecture is installed.
>
> I don't know much about libsystemd-journal0, but its description mentions it
> provides an interface for the systemd journal service.
>
> My question / bug report is this: is the dependency of libpulse0 on libsystemd-journal0 architecture-independent, or must I have a specific 32-bit
> libsystemd-journal0:i386 installed in order to get libpulse0:i386 working
> (that is what apt-get is telling me)

Yes, you need that. The systemd libs are multiarch-enabled, so it should work.

>
> (The latter is not an option because on my, admittedly "experimental", system it wants to remove pulseaudio and systemd(!!), as well as 260 other packages.

This is the part that is broken, then. What does 'apt install
libpulse0:i386=5.0-6' say?

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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler