Hi, Quoting Felix Lechner (2021-11-03 23:34:17) > For a brief time between October 1 and October 15, Lintian gave potentially > confusing advice on some build prerequisites. [1] > > The :any multiarch acceptor—a rarely used feature some other tools call the > "muliarch qualifier"— it seems the only tool that calls :any an "acceptor" is lintian while the rest of the world calls it a qualifier. I filed a MR to fix this: https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/merge_requests/378 > was originally not implemented at all [2] and then implemented incorrectly. > [3] Many people do not even know about the feature. To my knowledge it works > now. > > Here are two questions: > > 1. Did anyone find the latest Lintian versions (2.109.0 and up) > confusing as to whether the :any should be included? The material you > would have encountered includes both the context offered by Lintian > (the extra information after the tag) and any relevant tag > descriptions. > > 2. Should Lintian issue any advice when it sees the :any multiarch > acceptor? If so, for which packages? It might allow maintainers to > undo erroneous advice they may have been given, although many folks use the > feature legitimately, as well. which wording do you need advice on? I grepped the Lintian git for tags containing the string :any and still wasn't sure what you are exactly asking about. Thanks! cheers, josch
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