Public bug reported: dpkg version 1.16.1.2 If your dpkg config contain a line like:
"foreign-architecture i386 " i.e with a space on the end of the line dpkg issues a warning: dpkg: warning: ignoring option --foreign-architecture=i386 : character ` ' not allowed it is reading the architecture as "i386 " which is perhaps a bit dim. To reproduce this my config in /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch was: foreign-architecture i386 foreign-architecture armel It does not happen if there is no newline after the "i386 " so you need either a second config line or a newline to produce the warning. And the warning comes in this part of the sequenmce when installing a new packge: # apt-get install grep-dctrl Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Note, selecting 'dctrl-tools' instead of 'grep-dctrl' Suggested packages: debtags The following NEW packages will be installed: dctrl-tools 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 62 not upgraded. Need to get 83.5 kB of archives. After this operation, 299 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main dctrl-tools amd64 2.18ubuntu1 [83.5 kB] Fetched 83.5 kB in 0s (202 kB/s) debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed dpkg: warning: ignoring option --foreign-architecture=i386 : character ` ' not allowed (only letters, digits and characters `-') Selecting previously unselected package dctrl-tools. (Reading database ... 14964 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking dctrl-tools (from .../dctrl-tools_2.18ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... dpkg: warning: ignoring option --foreign-architecture=i386 : character ` ' not allowed (only letters, digits and characters `-') Setting up dctrl-tools (2.18ubuntu1) ... ** Affects: dpkg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: + dpkg version 1.16.1.2 If your dpkg config contain a line like: "foreign-architecture i386 " i.e with a space on the end of the line dpkg issues a warning: dpkg: warning: ignoring option --foreign-architecture=i386 : character ` ' not allowed it is reading the architecture as "i386 " which is perhaps a bit dim. To reproduce this my config in /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch was: - foreign-architecture i386 + foreign-architecture i386 foreign-architecture armel It does not happen if there is no newline after the "i386 " so you need either a second config line or a newline to produce the warning. And the warning comes in this part of the sequenmce when installing a new packge: # apt-get install grep-dctrl Reading package lists... Done - Building dependency tree + Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Note, selecting 'dctrl-tools' instead of 'grep-dctrl' Suggested packages: - debtags + debtags The following NEW packages will be installed: - dctrl-tools + dctrl-tools 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 62 not upgraded. Need to get 83.5 kB of archives. After this operation, 299 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main dctrl-tools amd64 2.18ubuntu1 [83.5 kB] - Fetched 83.5 kB in 0s (202 kB/s) + Fetched 83.5 kB in 0s (202 kB/s) debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed dpkg: warning: ignoring option --foreign-architecture=i386 : character ` ' not allowed (only letters, digits and characters `-') Selecting previously unselected package dctrl-tools. (Reading database ... 14964 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking dctrl-tools (from .../dctrl-tools_2.18ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... dpkg: warning: ignoring option --foreign-architecture=i386 : character ` ' not allowed (only letters, digits and characters `-') Setting up dctrl-tools (2.18ubuntu1) ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/950031 Title: does not allow whitespace on end of foreign-architecture config lines To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/950031/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
