This bit me yet again, and this time, I had to add one more package to the list (lib64z1-dev, which is simply the x64 equivalent of lib32z1-dev, which we already knew to be problematic). The complete list of packages to force-remove to resolve this is now:
This package deadlock becomes a problem for anyone who attempts to compile software that includes gzip (e.g., nginx, opentracker). Given gzip's relative popularity, this should really be fixed.
This bit me yet again, and this time, I had to add one more package to the list (lib64z1-dev, which is simply the x64 equivalent of lib32z1-dev, which we already knew to be problematic). The complete list of packages to force-remove to resolve this is now:
sudo dpkg --purge --force-depends "gcc-multilib"
sudo dpkg --purge --force-depends "libc6-dev-x32"
sudo dpkg --purge --force-depends "lib32z1-dev"
sudo dpkg --purge --force-depends "lib64z1-dev"
This package deadlock becomes a problem for anyone who attempts to compile software that includes gzip (e.g., nginx, opentracker). Given gzip's relative popularity, this should really be fixed.