Re: Multiarch and architecture specific headers

[Boris Pek <tehnick-8@yandex.ru>]

Hi Thomas,

> I am looking for a solution to fix the following bug:
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=707754
>
> A package I maintain contains a configuration header (vpConfig.h)
> which differ depending on the architecture we are (here the dependencies are
> not the same on i386 and powerpc).
>
> So far, the only solution I can think of is moving this header into
> /usr/include/<triplet>
> and patching the .pc file accordingly.
>
> I saw that some packages are already putting headers in this directory
> but I never
> heard of this strategy on the Debian wiki.
>
> Is this considered good practice? Is there another solution to deal
> with this bug?

I think you are searching for these links:
http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/TheCaseForMultiarch
http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/LibraryPathOverview
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultiarchCross

Best wishes,
Boris