Package: mime-support
Version: 3.52-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: multiarch-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: multiarch

It would be helpful for mime-support to be marked Multi-Arch: foreign,
in order that it can satisfy dependencies of foreign-architecture
binaries: python2.7 in particular comes to mind (once it's converted to
multiarch, which is in progress).  I believe that this is a blocker for
cross-building any package that build-depends on python.

If you're wondering why this is necessary for an Architecture: all
package, please see:

  
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultiarchSpec#Dependencies_involving_Architecture:_all_packages

  * Make mime-support Multi-Arch: foreign, so that it can satisfy
    dependencies of foreign-architecture binaries.

diff -Nru mime-support-3.52/debian/control mime-support-3.52/debian/control
--- mime-support-3.52/debian/control    2012-07-16 10:07:25.000000000 +0100
+++ mime-support-3.52/debian/control    2012-12-07 14:30:52.000000000 +0000
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 Package: mime-support
 Architecture: all
+Multi-Arch: foreign
 Conflicts: a2ps(<<4.10.4), metamail(<<2.7-44)
 Recommends: file(>=3.27-3)
 Description: MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap', and support programs

Thanks,

-- 
Colin Watson                                       [cjwat...@ubuntu.com]


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