Le samedi 12 juillet 2025, 14:31:48 heure d’été d’Europe centrale Helmut Grohne a écrit : > Hi Bastien, > > On Sat, Jul 12, 2025 at 11:40:49AM +0200, Bastien Roucaries wrote: > > I will prefer at the begining a general introduction for giving context. > > > > Something along the line at the top: > > > > On Debian, multi-arch support allows you to install and run software > > packages built for different CPU architectures on the same system, even > > using user or system emulation. It may be used for cross building or for > > compatibility for legacy installation > > > > > > [...] > > > > +architecture-dependentinterfaces and therefore architecture-indpenedent > > > > ^ > > > > > > t > > y > > p > > o > > Confirmed. > > > +Conversely, packages must not use other packages in ways declined by > > +their ``debian/README.multiarch``. > > > > This should be documented as an installed to /usr/share/doc file or a > > source only file. > From my point of view, it is reasonably clear that this path refers to > the source package. It also is developer information and not generally > useful for installed systems. yes I know in this case something along "the source ``debian/ README.multiarch`` will help the reader > > > + It may check the > > +``DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE_REFCOUNT`` environment variable set by > > +``dpkg``. > > > > This variable should be should be shortly described. Does it decrease with > > deinstallation until 0.... > Please refer to man 1 dpkg. Policy cannot cover each and every aspect > and some of the matter is deferred to individual tool's documentation. Perfect in this case a note saying see Please refer man 1 dpkg will help the reader Bastien > > Helmut
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