Bug#621050: Document dependencies needed to use multiarch paths

[Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>]

> > Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
> > 
> > > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
> > > index 4aeae363..0ca925e0 100644
> > > --- a/policy.sgml
> > > +++ b/policy.sgml
> > > @@ -6214,6 +6214,14 @@ install -m644 debian/shlibs.<var>package</var> debian/<var>package</var>/DEBIAN/
> > >                    </footnote>
> > >                  </p>
> > >                  <p>
> > > +                  Packages installing libraries to
> > > +                  <file>/usr/lib/<var>triplet</var></file> must declare a
> > > +                  <tt>Pre-Depends</tt> relationship against
> > > +                  <package>multiarch-support</package> to ensure the
> > > +                  libraries are visible to <prgn>ld.so</prgn> during
> > > +                  partial upgrades from Debian 6.0 (squeeze) and earlier.
> > > +                </p>
> > > +                <p>
> > >                    Applications may also use a single subdirectory under
> > >                    <file>/usr/lib/<var>triplet</var></file>.
> > >                  </p>

Le Fri, May 08, 2015 at 06:40:08PM +0200, Bill Allombert a écrit :
> 
> Is it still relevant know that squeeze has been released ?

Hi Bill and everybody,

Actually, the whole patch can be dropped now and the bug closed, because the
pre-depends relationship is not needed anymore.

Have a nice week-end,

-- 
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan