Re: [HTCondor-users] HTCondor Debian Repository Fails for multi-arch

[Tim Theisen <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK. I see your problem. I will look into it a report back.

...Tim

On 08/12/2015 01:05 PM, John G Heim wrote:
> Right but I don't really want i386 packages. It's just that I cannot 
> install the amd64 packages because the "apt-get update" fails on a 
> machine that is configured for multi-arch. I don't actually know how 
> that works -- but I'd assume apt will install amd64 packages if both 
> amd64 and i386 packages are available. I'm not having problems getting 
> the 32 bit version of octave or gap.
>
>
> I'm not sure this qualifies as a bug either. I think you'd have to 
> create an empty i386 Packages.gz file in order to support multi-arch.
>
> Maybe I can delete the mult-arch config file, /var/lib/dpkg/arch every 
> time I install/upgrade condor.
>
> On 08/12/2015 12:15 PM, Tim Theisen wrote:
> > Hello John,
> >
> > We don't have any i386 packages for HTCondor in our repositories. We
> > only build for amd64.
> >
> > ...Tim
> >
> > On 08/12/2015 12:12 PM, John G Heim wrote:
> > > I've been getting errors when trying to install from the HTCondor
> > > Debian Repository at http://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor/debian/.
> > > I've followed the instructions on that page but I get an error with
> > > the apt-get update and when I try an install, it says the package
> > > cannot be downloaded. This happens only on machines that are
> > > condigured for multi-arch.
> > >
> > > # dpkg --add-architecture i386
> > > # apt-get update
> > > [...]
> > > W: Failed to fetch
> > > http://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor/debian/stable/dists/wheezy/Release
> > > Unable to find expected entry 'contrib/binary-i386/Packages' in
> > > Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)
> > >
> > > E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old
> > > ones used instead.
> > > # apt-get --reinstall install condor
> > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > Building dependency tree
> > > Reading state information... Done
> > > Reinstallation of condor is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
> > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

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