Your message dated Mon, 17 Jun 2019 23:18:43 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug#930091: fixed in bison 2:3.4.1+dfsg-1 has caused the Debian Bug report #930091, regarding bison is wrongly marked Multi-Arch: foreign to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: bison Version: 2:3.3.2.dfsg-1 Severity: important bison is marked Multi-Arch: foreign and Depends on libbison-dev. Packages Build-Depend on bison and expect a libbison-dev (for the host architecture). This is broken. We had this problem earlier with flex and I can provide the same options to fix it. A. Depend on libbison-dev explicitly. We consider that a dependency on bison does not include libbison-dev. Not every user of bison needs libbison-dev and only those that do need it, need the dependency. This change is quite simple: Drop the libbison-dev dependency from bison. It makes a pile of packages FTBFS until they add the dependency. bison has around 540 build-rdeps. I haven't examined how many need libbison-dev. flex went this way. B. Reverse dependencies. This is the "tricky multiarch fix". It may take a while to understand, but we can fix the whole issue with a single upload of bison: * Drop the dependency on libbison-dev from bison. * Rename bison to bison-bin. * Update the description of bison-bin (formerly bison) to explain that this package is an implementation detail and people should continue depending on bison. * Rename libbison-dev to bison. * Make the new bison (former libbison-dev) depend on bison-bin (formerly bison). * Add Provides: libbison-dev to the new bison (formerly libbison-dev). After performing these changes, a Build-Depends: bison will result in the build architecture bison executable together with the host architecture liby.a. Things will just work without any need for modifying downstream packages. People won't have to be aware of the distinction between the library and the code generator. Comparing these approaches I see the following trade-offs: * A makes a ton of packages FTBFS and will need possibly hundreds of uploads. * A is consistent with flex. * A is slightly better for cross building. Given the experience with flex, I expect that the majority of rdeps won't need libbison-dev. For cross building this means that bison doesn't have to be available for the host architecture. We need a decision on which approach to take. Preferrably soon. I'm happy to implement either. I'm also happy to take care of the MBF if we opt for A. This bug should not be fixed for buster. If you ask me, I'd slightly preferred option B, but since flex did A, I favour consistency and thus A. What is your (maintainer) preference? Do we need to know how many packages would ftbfs before deciding? Helmut
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--- Begin Message ---Source: bison Source-Version: 2:3.4.1+dfsg-1 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of bison, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [email protected], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Chuan-kai Lin <[email protected]> (supplier of updated bison package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [email protected]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Format: 1.8 Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 14:56:07 -0700 Source: bison Binary: bison bison-dbgsym libbison-dev Architecture: source amd64 Version: 2:3.4.1+dfsg-1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: medium Maintainer: Chuan-kai Lin <[email protected]> Changed-By: Chuan-kai Lin <[email protected]> Description: bison - YACC-compatible parser generator libbison-dev - YACC-compatible parser generator - development library Closes: 930091 Changes: bison (2:3.4.1+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=medium . * New upstream version. * Stop depending on libbison-dev. (Closes: #930091) * Install examples (which are DFSG-free). * Add autopkgtest configuration. * Use mk-origtargz for source repacking. * Use +dfsg version suffix (lintian dfsg-version-with-period). * Various lintian fixes and overrides. Checksums-Sha1: 467d299b00ec6176af3df6ad6c72868fb5b82a10 1908 bison_3.4.1+dfsg-1.dsc e2054d746ae46283ec24129c9599e1829d92e35f 2021584 bison_3.4.1+dfsg.orig.tar.xz e5cb2972b087ea9afc46f2974b1fbede62fb13f2 10512 bison_3.4.1+dfsg-1.debian.tar.xz 5645c7af8afbd4deaef90e4e00a3d280d40f603b 530836 bison-dbgsym_3.4.1+dfsg-1_amd64.deb 2f0dd87bd7d8155375621f9b9c5a38e95ad83204 5854 bison_3.4.1+dfsg-1_amd64.buildinfo 01f30d12da26b210f2f357a728a6160bd863e91f 923468 bison_3.4.1+dfsg-1_amd64.deb 8fabebee6000775131c787e9cfb67dbe28d6a79e 521616 libbison-dev_3.4.1+dfsg-1_amd64.deb Checksums-Sha256: 3d996c59d7a5536f967d9e788a0a2cf46e1e487b7cbb4e408bfe3bb57a78eb34 1908 bison_3.4.1+dfsg-1.dsc 15aa21a6123fefba13acd206b3a3f77306d7056fbc3a225b2bc088cb61dac6f5 2021584 bison_3.4.1+dfsg.orig.tar.xz 09d0a82dd717dc74ab3846593f1d10990a8a1a8afcdc652fe498b64687d515cd 10512 bison_3.4.1+dfsg-1.debian.tar.xz 54d8b2ca458e749d0fbd9b686b9e9bc0941d67f0fe730f8f197adb6e470797a4 530836 bison-dbgsym_3.4.1+dfsg-1_amd64.deb cca50f33effbfc69f6f2d592625d37ccf5c1fa3ea957350e03537650ec68694d 5854 bison_3.4.1+dfsg-1_amd64.buildinfo c22a176a04b6d365544069c40959069d013af968badfd628195c1870810916cf 923468 bison_3.4.1+dfsg-1_amd64.deb e7089e08a8448224acaa342fe7771daf070144fde61554fdff79a0a1507c616d 521616 libbison-dev_3.4.1+dfsg-1_amd64.deb Files: b52ec0795f1133ee07d1ca2648f12077 1908 devel optional bison_3.4.1+dfsg-1.dsc 186615a583b42fc0734e5e31a6f848bf 2021584 devel optional bison_3.4.1+dfsg.orig.tar.xz 5dfdb68f2d614de5a8455ecda5196440 10512 devel optional bison_3.4.1+dfsg-1.debian.tar.xz 6ec410355f76dceb670adf12172e74b7 530836 debug optional bison-dbgsym_3.4.1+dfsg-1_amd64.deb 3ea2135bac2bd6bed4e7e6bccacf5daf 5854 devel optional bison_3.4.1+dfsg-1_amd64.buildinfo bebc5662a23853eebb6a40ddf42f4987 923468 devel optional bison_3.4.1+dfsg-1_amd64.deb 097eba711c7ab6017024d183c900176b 521616 libdevel optional libbison-dev_3.4.1+dfsg-1_amd64.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQJFBAEBCgAvFiEEpjo/UW6i/KKi+2ONAbOplSquRxMFAl0IG/sRHGNrbGluQGRl Ymlhbi5vcmcACgkQAbOplSquRxNylQ/+Px4OvnT+gRPDaae1tTWmyqvTltR5W03K 6hCMzIvJvIAHITEBQmKjnM9l/dYkINN/o/qoICfP1Le0ebIwqhWKTTJOCeunETPG e08yEBj8XhVECVKLMQwcT1nmyiXCXNgt4h10eEV06WGJ6P04gDtJ030ymHGUJMnc 3yYFdFNAYTcfHT+V9xqK/9clmJ7vZr3KsJVNgeWDbKMHZ1UiK70YRTz9R1PkuMQ+ U4e1IejpM19z0krJFWZhyzx3pVAeLZ/6LCshJtAyO0lFVXXphJX5JggG9AaWxPQG O66fjgaU/QEFfK0YTUXT94i8isQW8iLnUx4IYFVB7wRcCIWo2fLnvvSm8cwZxhyL qMnO4OiOUO80NVbEyzPZDlAIqwqlSjJZKgOl9x75SlIam9vj8Bsenaa8GBBPRYG2 UbBXe/Do1vIXhWUeu2e23TXVftB77EzGUzjwzDUSBLirE5bIUvoZDpvKqSlz9N/z qOXS8dlJpN53Zd31nZxJ/MDMxXR2XnWp/OlbeQxM4HjSXq9WRv8agcevniFOSA+H K6K6m2ZVpleUBYvoqUH/4NVOodiUtSmLWYMphUXPlS/U/0EK4vBklG1VPsFNiyS8 ++0Hk1H6RLTCeZap5DytpMUYWRNQ9PTv/jF3dwar1CsDIDq52DmLCw9pZhM5WpiG l3tyTY0Nvr4= =WWxz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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