Package: binutils-dev
Version: 2.35.2-2
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
I'm trying to cross build some code that uses libbfd (not for Debian).
However, I can't install binutils-dev:${foreign-arch} because is depends
on binutils.
In #842439, all libraries previously provided by binutils have been
moved to the (then new) libbinutils binary package. At that time,
binutils-dev was changed to depend on both binutils and libbinutils.
However, that dependency on binutils is no longer needed since nothing
in binutils-dev really uses what's left in binutils itself (basically
just the programs).
Beyond dropping that dependency, adding `Multi-Arch: same` makes a
foreign binutils-dev co-installable with a native one.
The attached patch does both things.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
APT prefers unstable-debug
APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental-debug'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: arm64
Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=pt_BR:pt:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages binutils-dev depends on:
ii binutils 2.35.2-2
ii libbinutils 2.35.2-2
ii libctf-nobfd0 2.35.2-2
ii libctf0 2.35.2-2
binutils-dev recommends no packages.
binutils-dev suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- debian/control.orig 2021-02-25 16:27:19.056189876 -0300
+++ debian/control 2021-02-25 16:27:34.484574772 -0300
@@ -122,8 +122,9 @@
Package: binutils-dev
Architecture: any
+Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
-Depends: binutils (= ${binary:Version}), libbinutils (= ${binary:Version}),
+Depends: libbinutils (= ${binary:Version}),
libctf0 (= ${binary:Version}), libctf-nobfd0 (= ${binary:Version})
Conflicts: libbfd-dev
Provides: libbfd-dev
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