+++ Sandro Tosi [2013-01-17 00:38 +0100]: > Hello, > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Wookey <[email protected]> wrote: > > For cross-dependencies to work properly under multiarch this package needs > > to be marked > > > > Multi-Arch: foreign > > > > so that it can satisfy a build-dependency for any architecture. See > > http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/CrossDependencies and > > http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/Implementation for explanation and > > background. > > thanks for forcing me to read those docs to understand what this bug > is about.. From "When shouldn't I add M-A: foreign?" I can see that I > don't have to set it for arch: any package, such as fdupes - so what's > this all about?
That's not what that paragraph says. Sorry if it's confusing. You shouldn't add M-A: foreign if the package isn't arch-independent in it's _effects_ (i.e you should set M-A: foreign if the package's _effect_ is arch-independent). Whether the package itself is arch :any or not is not relevent. So fdupes will find duplicate files just the same if you run the arm version or the sparc version or the i386 version. That makes it M-A: foreign. If you could explain why you misunderstood the "When shouldn't I add M-A: foreign?", I'll try and improve the wording. Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Emdebian, Wookware, Balloonboard, ARM http://wookware.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
