On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 12:56 PM Tong Sun <suntong...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 4:42 PM Tong Sun wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 4:09 PM Debian Bug Tracking System > > <ow...@bugs.debian.org> wrote: > > > > > > Your message dated Thu, 13 Jan 2022 21:07:44 +0000 > > > with message-id <e1n87jw-000iud...@fasolo.debian.org> > > > and subject line Bug#980990: fixed in > > > golang-github-danverbraganza-varcaser 0.0~git20190207.e3fb03e-2 > > > has caused the Debian Bug report #980990, > > > regarding mark golang-github-danverbraganza-varcaser-dev Multi-Arch: > > > foreign > > > to be marked as done. > > > > > > This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. > > > If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the > > > Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. > > > > Hi Helmut, > > > > Sorry for replying late, but it finally got fixed now. > > > > One thing I don't understand about marking a package Multi-Arch: > > foreign -- what would the impact be, e.g., would I be seeing anything > > different in its build, > > https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=golang-github-danverbraganza-varcaser, > > etc? > > > > Can you explain a bit please? thx! > > Hi, > > I have a question regarding marking > golang-github-danverbraganza-varcaser-dev Multi-Arch: foreign > what's the purpose of it? > > I did find an explanation from https://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/HOWTO: > > > If a package is marked 'Multi-Arch: foreign', then it can satisfy > > dependencies of a package of a different architecture (e.g > > 'debhelper:amd64' will satisfy a dependency on debhelper for > > any-architecture package). > > Yet, I'm unable to digest that -- e.g., why an amd64 architecture > needs dependencies of a package from amd64?
Sorry I meant, e.g., why an amd64 architecture needs dependencies of a package from arm64? > Helmut's explanation was: > > > easygen cannot be cross built from source, because its dependency on > golang-github-danverbraganza-varcaser-dev is not satisfiable. > In general, Architecture: all packages can never satisfy cross > Build-Depends unless marked Multi-Arch: foreign or annotated :native. > > I guess I don't understand the concept and implication of Debian's > cross built, as I see that easygen is being cross built without > 'Multi-Arch: foreign', yet golang-github-danverbraganza-varcaser-dev > is not, despite having the 'Multi-Arch: foreign' . > > https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=easygen vs. > https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=golang-github-danverbraganza-varcaser > > Please help.
