I've encountered the very same problem. o...@hermes:~$ uname -a Linux hermes 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Wed Apr 1 20:53:41 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
My 32bit libs (some installed manually from i386.deb's, some build from source): o...@hermes:~$ dpkg -l | grep ia32* ii ia32-apt-get 11ubuntu1 Apt-get and dpkg wrapper for on-the-fly ia32-libs conver ii ia32-archive 11ubuntu1 Create a local archive of converted i386 debs for amd64 ii ia32-libglib1.2ldbl 1.2.10-19build1~11ubuntu1 The GLib library of C routines ii ia32-libgtk1.2 1.2.10-18.1build2~11ubuntu1 The GIMP Toolkit set of widgets for X ii ia32-libs 2.7ubuntu6.1 ia32 shared libraries for use on amd64 and ia64 systems ii ia32-libs-tools 11ubuntu1 Tools for converting i386 debs for amd64 and ia64 ii ia32-libxml-dev 1:1.8.17-14.1~11ubuntu1 Development files for the GNOME XML library ii ia32-libxml1 1:1.8.17-14.1~11ubuntu1 GNOME XML library ii ia32-sun-java6-bin 6-14-0ubuntu1.9.04 Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 (32-bit) After deleting the above mentioned files 'apt-get update' stats fine, but ends with: /usr/bin/apt-get: 101: cannot open /var/lib/apt/foreign/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_main_binary-i386_Packages: No such file /usr/bin/apt-get: 101: cannot open /var/lib/apt/foreign/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_main_binary-i386_Packages: No such file Ignoring archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_partner_source_Sources /usr/bin/apt-get: 101: cannot open /var/lib/apt/foreign/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_main_binary-i386_Packages: No such file /usr/bin/apt-get: 101: cannot open /var/lib/apt/foreign/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_main_binary-i386_Packages: No such file Ignoring archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_main_source_Sources Ignoring archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_restricted_source_Sources mangle: ia32-libs-tools/mangle.cc:402: void mangle(Archlist&, Renamelist&): Assertion `buf_used > 1' failed. Aborted (core dumped) This bug makes apt-get update unusable. Oliver -- ia32 compat on ubuntu 64 9.04 breaks apt-get update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396205 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs