Bug#797163: lintian: please warn if Arch:all package is not Multi-Archi: foreign
* Fabian Greffrath <fabian@debian.org>, 2015-08-28, 09:40:
I am not sure if there is a situation possible in which an Arch:all
package should not carry the Multi-Arch:foreign tag.
Not every "Architecture: all" package can be marked as "Multi-Arch:
foreign". Otherwise, we could just teach dpkg and APT to treat all
arch:all packages as if they were ma:foreign and be done with it. :)
IME, many people (including past me) have poor understanding what
"Multi-Arch: foreign" means, and if Lintian hinted them they could add
it, they would, even when they shouldn't.
--
Jakub Wilk
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