Package: libmariadb-dev Version: 1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1 Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer, libmariadb-dev cannot be installed for two architectures simultaneously, which blocks cross-architecture C/C++ development. Two separate problems: 1. The package is not marked "Multi-Arch: same" (no Multi-Arch field at all). 2. Even if it were, it ships two genuinely per-architecture files at shared, non-triplet paths, so the two arch instances would collide: * /usr/bin/mariadb_config — a compiled ELF binary. The amd64 and arm64 copies differ at byte 19, i.e. the ELF e_machine field (offset 0x12): amd64 = x86-64, arm64 = AArch64. * /usr/include/mariadb/mariadb_version.h — differs only at: #define MARIADB_MACHINE_TYPE "x86_64" vs "aarch64" #define MARIADB_PLUGINDIR ".../x86_64-linux-gnu/..." vs aarch64 Status (verified): - trixie: 1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1 — no Multi-Arch field, both files per-arch - unstable: 1:11.8.8-1 — same, so not fixed for the next release Suggested direction (maintainer's call): * mariadb_config: make it architecture-independent (e.g. a small shell wrapper that derives the multiarch path), or relocate the per-arch binary so /usr/bin holds an arch-neutral file. * mariadb_version.h: either move the header into the triplet include directory, or drop/neutralise the two multiarch-dependent defines (MARIADB_MACHINE_TYPE, MARIADB_PLUGINDIR) from the public header. Then mark libmariadb-dev "Multi-Arch: same". This is the substantive blocker behind #1140151 (libmariadb-dev-compat) and, transitively, #1140150 (libpoco-dev). I have working repackaging that does exactly the above across amd64/arm64 and am happy to share it or test candidates. Steps to reproduce: dpkg --add-architecture arm64; apt-get update apt-get install -s libmariadb-dev:amd64 libmariadb-dev:arm64 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 depends on: ii libc6 2.41-12+deb13u2 ii libmariadb3 1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1 ii libssl-dev 3.5.5-1~deb13u2 ii zlib1g-dev 1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1+b1 libmariadb-dev recommends no packages. libmariadb-dev suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
