[Debian-med-packaging] circlator (arch all) stuck in unstable because dependencies not available on i386

[Andreas Tille]

Hi Afif,

On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 10:36:06PM -0700, Afif Elghraoui wrote:
> circlator, an arch all package, can't migrate to testing, apparently
> because a couple of its dependencies (bwa and spades) are not built on i386.
> 
> According to the FAQ at <https://www.debian.org/devel/testing>, there is
> a hack in place to avoid this situation for the more exotic architecures.
> 
> Has anyone run into this problem before or know who to contact about
> this? Should I post to debian-devel about it?

I admit I do not remember by heart.  A hacky workaround would be to set
circulator to amd64 architecture which is wrong in principle but the
effect would be the same (as long as the number of architectures of the
dependencies is not enhanced.

Kind regards

     Andreas.

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