#1040471 Package configuration script mishandles multiple arch instances

Package:
libgstreamer1.0-0
Source:
libgstreamer1.0-0
Description:
Core GStreamer libraries and elements
Submitter:
Daniel Richard G.
Date:
2023-07-06 10:12:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1040471#5
Date:
2023-07-06 09:53:41 UTC
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The package configuration script does not handle correctly the case of
both the amd64 and i386 packages being installed simultaneously on the
system (a situation arising, in my case, from the use of 32-bit Wine):

# dpkg -l | grep libgstreamer1.0-0
ii  libgstreamer1.0-0:amd64              1.22.0-2                             amd64        Core GStreamer libraries and elements
ii  libgstreamer1.0-0:i386               1.22.0-2                             i386         Core GStreamer libraries and elements

# dpkg-reconfigure libgstreamer1.0-0
dpkg-query: error: --status needs a valid package name but 'libgstreamer1.0-0' is not: ambiguous package name 'libgstreamer1.0-0' with more than one installed instance

Use --help for help about querying packages.
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: libgstreamer1.0-0 is not installed
#1040471#10
Date:
2023-07-06 10:09:11 UTC
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possible the issue comes down to some difference in debconf itself.