** Description changed: + [Impact] + Some third party applications require the use of i386 libxkbfile in their amd64 environment, for example, Lotus Notes. + + [Test Case] + Install i386 version on a amd64 system and attempt to link to library. + + [Regression Potential] + Minimal as only changes to build procedure are addressed. + On Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric) AMD64 version, when I try to install the i386 version of the libxkbfile1 the package manager asks to remove too many important packages, as show below: $ sudo apt-get install libxkbfile1:i386 Reading package lists... Done - Building dependency tree + Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: - gnome-control-center gnome-screensaver gnome-session gnome-settings-daemon - indicator-datetime indicator-power indicator-session libgnomekbd7 - liblightdm-gobject-1-0 libxkbfile1 libxklavier16 nvidia-current - ubuntu-desktop ubuntuone-client-gnome unity-greeter x11-apps x11-xkb-utils - xorg xserver-common xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all - xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-mouse - xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse - xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-ati - xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-intel - xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic - xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-openchrome - xserver-xorg-video-qxl xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-radeon - xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-savage - xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis - xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident - xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware + gnome-control-center gnome-screensaver gnome-session gnome-settings-daemon + indicator-datetime indicator-power indicator-session libgnomekbd7 + liblightdm-gobject-1-0 libxkbfile1 libxklavier16 nvidia-current + ubuntu-desktop ubuntuone-client-gnome unity-greeter x11-apps x11-xkb-utils + xorg xserver-common xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all + xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-mouse + xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse + xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-ati + xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-intel + xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic + xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-openchrome + xserver-xorg-video-qxl xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-radeon + xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-savage + xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis + xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident + xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware The following NEW packages will be installed: - libxkbfile1:i386 + libxkbfile1:i386 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 49 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 67.4 kB of archives. After this operation, 196 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
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