[Aptitude-devel] Bug#885436: Bug#885436: /var/log/aptitude shows wrong architecture for architecture:all packages

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

David Kalnischkies wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 12:45:14AM +0100, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote:
> > > In the extremely rare (I think) case where an upgrade (or downgrade)
> > > replaces a specific architecture package with an architecture all
> > > package, or vice versa,
[…]
> The architecture for a package in apt is never 'all' as this isn't
> a property of the package for preciously the reason Marvin outlines as
> "extremely rare" case – it just isn't that rare.

Indeed. I can tell you one such case by mind (because I created it):

→ apt-cache show wml | egrep '^(Package|Version|Architecture|$)'
Package: wml
Version: 2.4.1ds1-2
Architecture: all

Package: wml
Version: 2.0.12ds1-10+b2
Architecture: amd64

(That's wml in unstable/testing and experimental currently.)

		Regards, Axel
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