[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#643026: Bug#643026: please add multi-arch support for libxml2

[Mike Hommey]

On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 08:03:30PM +0300, Riku Voipio wrote:
> Package: libxml2 
> Version: 2.7.8.dfsg-4
> Severity: normal
> User: debian-dpkg at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: multiarch
> Tags: patch
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The following patch converts libxml2 to multiarch directories (by modifyin rules)
> and adds needed Multi-Arch: stanzas to control file. dpkg-dev build-dep was dropped
> as debhelper > 8.1.3 already pulls newer dpkg-dev in.
> 
> "Multi-Arch: same" packages must have identical files installed to same path, for
> this reason /usr/bin/xml2-config is modified to get rid the arch-specific libdir.
> Since the linked will search the multiarch path anyways, no functionality is lost.
> 
> http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/Implementation

The patch also adds an udeb which i'm not convinced we need. Also note
that I refrained from switching libxml2 to multiarch because of the
number of rdeps depending on its location in /usr/lib, thanks to .la
files.

Mike