[pkg-lynx-maint] Bug#906443: lynx-common should be Multi-Arch: foreign
Sven Joachim
svenjoac at gmx.de
Fri Aug 17 17:39:41 BST 2018
Package: lynx-common
Version: 2.8.9rel.1-1
The other day I crossgraded this system from i386 to amd64, and noticed
that it was not possible to install lynx:amd64 over lynx:i386, unlike
with most other "Multi-Arch: foreign" packages. The reason is that
lynx-common has no Multi-Arch annotation, and so it only fulfills the
dependency of native packages[1]. This meant I had to wait with the
lynx crossgrade until the amd64 version of dpkg was in place.
Marking lynx-common as "Multi-Arch: foreign" would avoid that and make
it possible to install a non-native version of lynx for the rare cases
where this is desired.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.18.1-nouveau (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
lynx-common depends on no packages.
Versions of packages lynx-common recommends:
ii lynx 2.8.9rel.1-1
lynx-common suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
1. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultiarchSpec#Dependencies_involving_Architecture:_all_packages
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