Bug#797163: lintian: please warn if Arch:all package is not Multi-Archi: foreign

[Fabian Greffrath <fabian@debian.org>]

Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.36.1
Severity: wishlist

Hi there,

I am not sure if there is a situation possible in which an Arch:all
package should not carry the Multi-Arch:foreign tag. However, it is
part of the Multiarch specification that packages which may satisfy
dependencies on all architecture carry the Multi-Arch:foreign flag.

Thus, in order to accelerate multiarch adaption, please add a check
that Arch:all packages carry the Multi-Arch:foreign flag.

Thanks,

Fabian


-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'experimental'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages lintian depends on:
ii  binutils                       2.25.1-1
ii  bzip2                          1.0.6-8
ii  diffstat                       1.60-1
ii  file                           1:5.22+15-2
ii  gettext                        0.19.4-1
ii  hardening-includes             2.7
ii  intltool-debian                0.35.0+20060710.2
ii  libapt-pkg-perl                0.1.29+b2
ii  libarchive-zip-perl            1.49-1
ii  libclass-accessor-perl         0.34-1
ii  libclone-perl                  0.38-1
ii  libdpkg-perl                   1.18.2
ii  libemail-valid-perl            1.196-1
ii  libfile-basedir-perl           0.07-1
ii  libipc-run-perl                0.94-1
ii  liblist-moreutils-perl         0.413-1
ii  libparse-debianchangelog-perl  1.2.0-5
ii  libtext-levenshtein-perl       0.12-1
ii  libtimedate-perl               2.3000-2
ii  liburi-perl                    1.69-1
ii  man-db                         2.7.2-1
ii  patchutils                     0.3.4-1
ii  perl [libdigest-sha-perl]      5.20.2-6
ii  t1utils                        1.38-4
ii  xz-utils                       5.1.1alpha+20120614-2.1

Versions of packages lintian recommends:
ii  dpkg                            1.18.2
ii  libautodie-perl                 2.29-1
ii  libperlio-gzip-perl             0.18-3+b1
ii  perl                            5.20.2-6
ii  perl-modules [libautodie-perl]  5.20.2-6

Versions of packages lintian suggests:
pn  binutils-multiarch     <none>
ii  dpkg-dev               1.18.2
ii  libhtml-parser-perl    3.71-2
ii  libtext-template-perl  1.46-1
pn  libyaml-perl           <none>

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