Bug#794295: lintian: please complain about development packages that make cross building impossible

To: Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>
Cc: 794295@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#794295: lintian: please complain about development packages that make cross building impossible
From: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 09:52:41 +0000
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Hi Helmut,

> TL;DR: I suggest ignoring Multi-Arch: foreign packages for the purpose of
> this tag to remove false positives.

Won't these binaries in /usr/bin (etc.) be picked up by:

  arch-dependent-file-not-in-arch-specific-directory

?


Regards,

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