Bug#798491: Non multiarch friendly Depends

2015-09-09 Thread Adam Goldman
Control: retitle 798491 Packages with Python scripts and non-Python bins aren't multiarch friendly Control: reassign 798491 dh-python Hi Gianfranco, Thanks very much for your fast reply. > Actually the dependencies are handled by > > Package: virtualbox > Architecture: amd64 i386 > Pre-Depends

Bug#798491: Non multiarch friendly Depends

2015-09-09 Thread Gianfranco Costamagna
Hi Adam >The reason for bumping the dependency from 2.7 to 2.7.5-5 is that >2.7.5-5 is the first package version that had "Multi-Arch: allowed". The >package version in jessie is 2.7.9-1, so I think a dep on >=2.7.5-5 is >OK. > >When I force installation of virtualbox:amd64 with python:i386,

Bug#798491: Non multiarch friendly Depends

2015-09-09 Thread Adam Goldman
Package: virtualbox Version: 4.3.18-dfsg-3+deb8u3 Hi, virtualbox 4.3.18-dfsg-3+deb8u3 has the following in Depends: python (>= 2.7), python (<< 2.8), python2.7 . But this means that when installing virtualbox:amd64, the package management will also want python:amd64. I think Depends should actu