Re: tcl8.5 breaks dpkg-cross assumptions and multiarch

[Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>]

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

> Wookey wrote:

>> Debian policy (8.2) says:
>> ---------------
>> It is recommended that supporting files and run-time support programs
>> that do not need to be invoked manually by users, but are nevertheless
>> required for the package to function, be placed (if they are binary)
>> in a subdirectory of /usr/lib, preferably under /usr/lib/package-name.
>> If the program or file is architecture independent, the recommendation
>> is for it to be placed in a subdirectory of /usr/share instead,
> [...]
>> For multiarch, or existing
>> dpkg-cross cross-compiling, to work, arch-dependent needs to mean
>> either form _or_ content (see below for elaboration).

> I always had thought that it's content and that the "if they are
> binary" is only a red herring.  I agree with you that the policy ought
> to be clarified.  Thanks for bringing this up.

Could someone file a bug about this to clarify the wording so that we
don't lose it?

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>