Mark wrote: > >I have a package installation problem which leads to a question about >how (and if) package versions interact in different architectures. > >My system is an amd64 bookworm system, with multi-arch support and >some packages from i386 installed, to support a vendor-supplied >printer driver and, more relevantly to this problem I think, steam. > >For the last week or so package libllvm15:i386 doesn't want to upgrade >and is "kept back" by apt. > >$ apt show -a liblllvm15:i386 > >Shows two possible package versions, 1:15.0.6-3 which is installed and >1:15.0.6-3+b1 which is a candidate to install. This situation pertains >only to the i386 version, the amd64 version is at 1:15.0.6-3 and >doesn't seem to have a newer version. This agrees with what I see on >packages.debian.org.
... >Am I reading this right that if two architectures of the same package >are installed on the same system with multi-arch support, they have to >be the same version? If that is true, the solution is just to wait for >the new version of the package to be added in amd64. But... really? You've been bitten by a subtle but unfortunately common problem, yes. In multi-arch systems the versions of packages have to be totally in sync. But the +b1 syntax here means that the i386 package has had a binNMU (binary NMU) build which means that they *can't* be in sync. The problem should be solved with the next new upload of the llvm-toolchain-15 source package - that will bump the version in both cases so that they match. binNMUs are horrible. :-( -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "We're the technical experts. We were hired so that management could ignore our recommendations and tell us how to do our jobs." -- Mike Andrews
