Bug#677778: libbonobo: Please add multiarch support

[Goswin von Brederlow]

Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> writes:

> On 17.06.2012 00:25, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> writes:
>
>>> But, to get rid of ia32-libs, we don't need to convert libbonobo to ma,
>>> right? Or is there another pressing need to convert libbonobo?
>> 
>> We do need libbonobo:i386 for ia32-libs to keep 32bit software,
>> esspecially 3rd party 32bit apps, working. 
>
> I don't see libbonobo in ia32-libs_20120102, nor is liborbit converted
> to ma [1].

Sorry, should have been specific and said ia32-libs-gtk.

And yes, orbit2 also isn't converted and you could set your bug as being
blocked by it.

But the orbit2 includes a patch so you can build a local multiarch
orbit2 package and test a multiarch libbonobo. That way they can go in
close together. No need to wait with fixing libbonobo till orbit2 is
fixed in the archive.

Ia32-libs and ia32-libs-gtk have to go multiarch in wheezy or be
removed. So there is a high pressure to fix the remaining 10 out of ~200
packages that block this. Orbit2 will probably be NMUed this weekend
given how long the patch has been sitting in the BTS.

MfG
        Goswin