Bug#981163: lintian: triggers invalid-arch-string-in-source-relation for valid gnu-any-any

[Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>]

Hi Felix,

On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 10:50:01PM -0700, Felix Lechner wrote:
> > Having lintian complain here definitely is a bug.
> 
> Does the use of a three-part architecture restriction [1] in package
> relationships [2] really fit into a framework limited to two
> components? [3] Thank you!

Debian Policy is not the arbiter of architecture wildcards. Policy only
gives a subset here. You may consider it outdated. The canonical place
for documenting architecture wildcards is man dpkg-architecture.

Helmut