cannot install i386 version of libdirectfb-1.2-9/libsysfs2

Bug #1252225 reported by Alex
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Bug Description

DraftSight (www.3ds.com) Ubuntu package requires libdirectfb-extra:i386 package which depends on libdirectfb-1.2-9:i386 which requires libsysfs2:i386 which is not going to be installed for some reason:

$ LANG=C sudo dpkg -i draftSight.deb
dpkg: regarding draftSight.deb containing dassault-systemes-draftsight:i386, pre-dependency problem:
 dassault-systemes-draftsight:i386 pre-depends on libdirectfb-extra (>= 1.2.7-2)
dpkg: error processing draftSight.deb (--install):
 pre-dependency problem - not installing dassault-systemes-draftsight:i386
Errors were encountered while processing:
 draftSight.deb

$ LANG=C sudo apt-get install libdirectfb-extra:i386
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libdirectfb-extra:i386 : Depends: libdirectfb-1.2-9:i386 (= 1.2.10.0-4.3ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

$ LANG=C sudo apt-get install libdirectfb-1.2-9:i386
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libdirectfb-1.2-9:i386 : Depends: libsysfs2:i386 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

$ LANG=C lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
Release: 12.04

$ LANG=C apt-cache policy libdirectfb-extra libdirectfb-extra:i386 libdirectfb-1.2-9 libdirectfb-1.2-9:i386 libsysfs2 libsysfs2:i386
libdirectfb-extra:
  Installed: 1.2.10.0-4.3ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.2.10.0-4.3ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.2.10.0-4.3ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libdirectfb-extra:i386:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.2.10.0-4.3ubuntu1
  Version table:
     1.2.10.0-4.3ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe i386 Packages
libdirectfb-1.2-9:
  Installed: 1.2.10.0-4.3ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.2.10.0-4.3ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.2.10.0-4.3ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libdirectfb-1.2-9:i386:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.2.10.0-4.3ubuntu1
  Version table:
     1.2.10.0-4.3ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe i386 Packages
libsysfs2:
  Installed: 2.1.0+repack-1
  Candidate: 2.1.0+repack-1
  Version table:
 *** 2.1.0+repack-1 0
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libsysfs2:i386:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.1.0+repack-1
  Version table:
     2.1.0+repack-1 0
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages

Please, advise!

Alex (d-launchpadnet)
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