On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 22:03, Steve Langasek <vor...@debian.org> wrote: > This may be because the Multiarch spec was confusing on the point of Arch: > all packages, for which I apologize. The spec has been updated to make it > clear that Multi-Arch: foreign is allowed for Arch: all packages, and an > explanation sent to the dpkg mailing list: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg/2011/02/msg00021.html > > Raphael has already committed the fix to the experimental multiarch branch > for this. Can you please adjust the apt resolver to match?
Urgh… I really assumed that Multi-Arch field on arch:all packages are illegal and that arch:all is automatic foreign as it sounds rather counter intuitive to have an architecture independent package which needs to specify explicitly that it is architecture independent and can therefore be used as foreign… The whole concept of pseudo-packages emerged from the need to make arch:all packages upgradeable (especially if changed from any to all and v.v. which still has some smaller problems, but thats a different track) and architecture dependent in a sense that any -> all -> any dependencies doesn't use different any's. The pseudo-package thing allows the resolver to think always in pseudo dependent packages. Pseudo packages just have an internal MultiArch flag indicating that they are 'all' packages and they depend on an architecture independent 'all' package (with no dependencies) which is mostly used in the ordering and download system (pseudo packages can't be downloaded - and configuring a pseudo package means that the 'all' package and therefore also all pseudo packages are configured). So do you have another example why this would be needed as your python example should be dealt with the pseudo-package concept described here? (Its discussed/documented in more detail in README.MultiArch) If this is really changed now, I guess (I haven't touched multiarch internal for a while, so I am not completely sure what is needed exactly) I will have a lot of work for the next weeks, so let me end with my beginning words: Urgh Best regards David Kalnischkies P.S.: I haven't checked why the install itself fails. The Multi-Arch marker is at least completely ignored by APT for all packages. Could you tell me in more detail how i need to setup my system to hit this problem? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
