Bug#797163: lintian: please warn if Arch:all package is not Multi-Archi: foreign

Control: tags -1 - moreinfo On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 02:38:54PM +, Niels Thykier wrote: > The issue then being that Lintian can say very little about the > dependencies of a given packages (except if it has none). I agree. For this reason I implemented the check outside lintian on top of

Bug#797163: lintian: please warn if Arch:all package is not Multi-Archi: foreign

On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:16:59 +0200 Fabian Greffrath wrote: > Hi again, Jakub, > > Am Montag, den 31.08.2015, 12:09 +0200 schrieb Jakub Wilk: > > Python used to be the classic example: > > "python" was an arch:all meta-package that depended on "python2.X". > > But if a Python

Bug#797163: lintian: please warn if Arch:all package is not Multi-Archi: foreign

Hi again, Jakub, Am Montag, den 31.08.2015, 12:09 +0200 schrieb Jakub Wilk: > Python used to be the classic example: > "python" was an arch:all meta-package that depended on "python2.X". > But if a Python module depended on "python", it was because it needed a > Python interpreter of the same

Bug#797163: lintian: please warn if Arch:all package is not Multi-Archi: foreign

Hi Fabian! * Fabian Greffrath , 2015-08-28, 13:46: Not every "Architecture: all" package can be marked as "Multi-Arch: foreign". Otherwise, we could just teach dpkg and APT to treat all arch:all packages as if they were ma:foreign and be done with it. :) could you please

Bug#797163: lintian: please warn if Arch:all package is not Multi-Archi: foreign

Package: lintian Version: 2.5.36.1 Severity: wishlist Hi there, I am not sure if there is a situation possible in which an Arch:all package should not carry the Multi-Arch:foreign tag. However, it is part of the Multiarch specification that packages which may satisfy dependencies on all

Bug#797163: lintian: please warn if Arch:all package is not Multi-Archi: foreign

* Fabian Greffrath fab...@debian.org, 2015-08-28, 09:40: I am not sure if there is a situation possible in which an Arch:all package should not carry the Multi-Arch:foreign tag. Not every Architecture: all package can be marked as Multi-Arch: foreign. Otherwise, we could just teach dpkg and

Bug#797163: lintian: please warn if Arch:all package is not Multi-Archi: foreign

Hi Jakub, Am Freitag, den 28.08.2015, 11:25 +0200 schrieb Jakub Wilk: Not every Architecture: all package can be marked as Multi-Arch: foreign. Otherwise, we could just teach dpkg and APT to treat all arch:all packages as if they were ma:foreign and be done with it. :) could you please point