Package: libmariadb-dev-compat Version: 1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1 Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer, libmariadb-dev-compat (and the libmariadb-dev it depends on) cannot be installed for two architectures at once, because the package is not marked "Multi-Arch: same". dpkg therefore generates an implicit cross-architecture conflict: # docker run --rm debian:sid bash dpkg --add-architecture arm64 apt-get update apt-get install -s libmariadb-dev-compat:amd64 libmariadb-dev-compat:arm64 ... libmariadb-dev-compat:amd64 Conflicts libmariadb-dev-compat:arm64 libmariadb-dev-compat:arm64 : Depends: libmariadb-dev:arm64 (= ...) but it is not installable The package's explicit Conflicts: field only lists the old libmysqlclient-dev / lgpl compat names; the cross-arch conflict above is the *implicit* one dpkg adds to any package that is not Multi-Arch: same. This blocks cross-architecture C/C++ development against the MySQL/MariaDB client. In particular it blocks libpoco-dev from being co-installable across architectures even after libpoco-dev itself is fixed: libpoco-dev depends on default-libmysqlclient-dev, which resolves to libmariadb-dev-compat, so the two libpoco-dev arches cannot coexist solely because of this package. (See my related report against libpoco-dev.) This is the same underlying issue as #1006388. Status across releases (verified): - trixie: 1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1 - not Multi-Arch: same, not co-installable - unstable: 1:11.8.8-1 - still not Multi-Arch: same, still not co-installable (so not fixed for forky either) Request: please make the MariaDB client -dev packages (libmariadb-dev and libmariadb-dev-compat) Multi-Arch: same / co-installable, moving any architecture-dependent files into the triplet directories as needed. I'm happy to help test candidates across amd64/arm64. Steps to reproduce: as above. Thanks, Dick Hollenbeck -- System Information: Debian Release: 13.4 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages libmariadb-dev-compat depends on: ii libmariadb-dev 1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1 libmariadb-dev-compat recommends no packages. libmariadb-dev-compat suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
