On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:30:33PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > >> Moreover, this is not the only exception. Thousands of desktop and server > >> packages that contains executable binaries (applications) compiled from > >> C/C++/Pascal/etc. also have arch-dependent reverse dependencies - packages > >> with debug info, '-dbg' ones. So, they are not 'Multi-Arch: foreign' too.
> > First, why do these packages need to be cross-installed? If they don't need > > to be, then there's no reason to set the Multi-Arch field on them at all. > I want zsh for be "Multi-Arch: foreign" so zomg:i386 and > flowscan:amd64 can be installed. But then zsh:amd64 and zsh-dbg:i386 > would be installable, which clearly does not give functional debugging > symbols. All well and good that you want this, but both zomg and flowscan are arch:any packages present on both architectures. I don't see any compelling reason to support this case on the first pass (i.e., make this supportable in squeeze without incompatible changes to Depends:), this looks like a wishlist request and not something critical - as is, say, getting rid of ia32-libs. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
