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Bug#851481: linux-headers-4.9.0-1-amd64:amd64 not installable with 32bit userland



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On Sun, 2017-01-15 at 14:16 +0100, Sven Hartge wrote:
> Source: linux
> Version: 4.9.2-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I am using a mixed system with 64bit Kernel and 32bit userland.
> 
> With linux-headers-4.8-0-2-amd64 this worked fine, I was able to install
> the kernel headers and use dkms to compile out-of-tree modules such as
> xtables-addons.
> 
> With linux-headers-4.9.0-1-amd64 switching its dependencies to
> gcc-6:amd64 I am no longer able to do so.
> 
> And trying to install a 64bit gcc (and related tools) would effectively
> uninstall half of my system.
> 
> Is running a 64bit system with 32bit userland no longer supported or did
> I miss something obvious?

This was an oversight and will be fixed in the next upload.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Hoare's Law of Large Problems:
        Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get
out.

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