control: severity -1 serious

On 2017-08-03 00:22, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> Source: libbitcoin
> Version: 2.11.0-1
> Severity: normal
> Tags: sid buster patch
> User: debian-gl...@lists.debian.org
> Usertags: multiarch-support-removal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> The multiarch-support package has been introduced with squeeze so that
> packages using the multiarch libraries can Pre-Depends on it to make
> sure the multiarch path ares supported by the dynamic linker. As
> dist-upgrades from such a distant release are not supported, the
> Pre-Depends can now be dropped and then the package removed from the
> archive.
> 
> Most of the packages added this Pre-Depends through debhelper and the
> misc:Pre-Depends substvar, so a change in debhelper [1] was enough to
> get rid of it. However it appears that your package uses a hardcoded
> Pre-Depends, thus it needs to be removed manually. You will find a
> patch attached to do so.
> 
> Please apply it as soon as possible as the multiarch-support package
> will be removed from the archive for buster. Failing to do so will 
> therefore make your package uninstallable. In case you don't have
> time to do so, don't hesitate to ask for a NMU.

The removal of the multiarch-support is now imminent, this will cause
this package to not be installable anymore. I am therefore raising the
severity to serious.

Aurelien

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