Bug#683593: Multiarch improvements for glib2.0

[David Lechner]

On 11/28/2016 07:40 AM, W. Martin Borgert wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> is there any progress on the issue?
> What are the blocking points?
> Is there anything wrong with Simons suggestion to assume,
>
>> that we can execute the foreign
>> architecture's binaries without issues
>
> ?
>
> TIA!
>


The problem is not simply just getting the foreign architecture binary 
to run. The real question that has yet to be answered is "do these 
binaries produce the same output on all architectures?"

Reiterating a previous comment:

 > Do foreign architectures' glib-genmarshal always produce the same 
output as the native version?

 > gobject-query is purely informational, so it *probably* isn't a
build-dependency for anything.

 > gtester is a test-runner; can tests run successfully under a foreign
gtester? <https://codesearch.debian.net/results/Makefile.gtester/page_0>
suggests that d-conf/unstable would be a good test-case, although you
would have to enable build-time checks.

 > There are other binaries mentioned in the patch on the merged bug
#648621. Do those all produce architecture-independent results?

If someone can take the time to answer these questions, then this bug 
can move forward.