It's just adding / changing a field, yes. Benefit is that it lets 32-bit libraries be installed at the same time as 64-bit ones, without using a vm or container, which is often useful for running legacy software. Downside is that if for some reason the package were changed to make it impossible to install both at once, then it would be hard to undo, since it would break existing installations.
https://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/Implementation has some explanation, although it's not very short. There's also https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultiarchSpec. >From what I can tell, lib/dev packages are usually safe to add this field to, so long as the docs and headers are the same in the 32/64 bit versions, and it's just the .so/.a files that are different. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1720717 Title: Add multiarch metadata to tessaract lib/dev To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tesseract/+bug/1720717/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
