[Pkg-zsh-devel] Bug#808977: Bug#808977: zsh-common: Please add Multi-Arch: foreign

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

Elrond wrote:
> > > - The "Depends: zsh" probably should be "zsh:any"
> > 
> > Done, thanks.
> 
> ... because I think, that zsh:any requires zsh to have a
> "Multi-Arch: allowed" tag. Otherwise you can't satisfy the
> dependency.

Re-reading
https://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/CrossDependencies#When_shouldn.27t_I_add_M-A:_foreign.3F
I'm reluctant to add "Multi-Arch: allowed" to the zsh package.

As far as I understand it this would mean that e.g. zsh:armhf would
satisfy z-sy-h's zsh:any dependency on an amd64 system where armhf
packages are installed for cross-compiling. That seems wrong.

OTOH, this would also mean that zsh:i386 would satisfy that dependency
on an amd64 system -- which would work, but IMHO is neither helpful
nor a real use case.

In retroperspective, I think it doesn't make sense at all to make zsh
multiarchy in any way, so even that "Multi-Arch: foreign" seems rather
useless and overkill to me now. (Re-adding #808977 to Cc again for
this discussion.) But then again, I'm not really that
multi-arch-savvy.

Or does anyone knows a real use case for zsh in a multiarchy
environment where any of the multiarchy features is really required?

		Regards, Axel
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