Version: 1:15.b.1-dfsg-3 Hi Scott!
Sorry for such a long delay. On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Scott Ritchie <scottritc...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > Binary packages within erlang should be declared Multi-arch: foreign. While > erlang is arch: all, without this field apt will assume that the transitive > dependencies of any package depending on erlang will need to be satisified > with the same architecture; ie, on an amd64 system installing a 32-bit > package that depends on erlang will pull in the 32-bit version of zlib1g. The erlang package is arch:all, but only because it's a metapackage which pulls in all real packages (erlang-base etc.). They are arch dependent (and Erlang virtual machine from erlang-base is definitely arch dependent) and won't work if there won't be the correct dependencies installed. So, if someone has to install some 32-bit Erlang based software on amd64 distribution then she will definitely has to install 32-bit Erlang with all its 32-bit dependencies. Multi-Arch: foreign will not work. > > This could make such an erlang-dependent package uninstallable in some > circumstances. Well, currently it's impossible to install 32-bit and 64-bit erlangs simultaneously, and I'm afraid, current multiarch implementation doesn't allow it because Erlang VM is a binary, and only libraries with different arches can be installed for now. So, if you use 32-bit one then all 64-bit packages will be uninstallable. But it's not a bug, and Multi-Arch: foreign can't fix it anyway. I'm closing this bugreport. Cheers! -- Sergei Golovan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org