Bug#915027: marked as done (libxft-dev should be installable for multiple architectures simultaneously)
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has caused the Debian Bug report #915027,
regarding libxft-dev should be installable for multiple architectures simultaneously
to be marked as done.
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Package: libxft-dev
Version: 2.3.2-2
Attempting to install libxft-dev for amd64 and i386 at the same time (or
any other arch for that matter) gives an error that they conflict. This
is because the "Package: libxft-dev"section of the debian/control file
does not contain "Multi-arch: same" (see
https://wiki.debian.org/MultiArch/Hints#set_Multi-Arch:_same)which says
that any duplicate files between the two different architectures is fine.
As a working example the libxfixes-dev package's control file contains
this header and does allow installing for both architectures simultaneously.
The -dev package for the two architectures include headers, libs and man
pages. I verified that both architectures install their libs in
arch-specific folders and that the headers and man pages are identical
for the two architectures (making "Multi-Arch: same" safe to use).
Barring some differences in the headers for architectures other than
amd64 and i386, it should be fine to add "Multi-Arch: same" to the
control file.
Thank You.
P.S. The same bug could be filed for libxi-dev, libxtst-dev, (these two
also affect me) and probably many of the other x dev packages. Let me
know if you want me to file separate bug reports for those.
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fixed 915027 2.3.2-2
thanks
On 30.11.2018 1.05, Davy Durham wrote:
> To be completely transparent, I did this on Ubuntu 16.04, but the
> package has not been changed significantly that I can see. So, that's odd
>
> I got the error when running "apt-get install libxft-dev:i386
> libxft-dev:amd64" which gives the conflict error. If I run "dpkg -i
> libxft-dev_2.3.2-1_amd64.deb libxft-dev_2.3.2-1_i386.deb" it will look
> like it installs both, but the install of i386 silently replaces the
> amd64, and running a dpkg --list would show only i386 as installed.
>
> That's probably basic for you, but that is what I am seeing. Does that
> information change anything in your testing?
it was fixed in 2.3.2-2:
xft (2.3.2-2) unstable; urgency=medium
..
* Mark libxft-dev Multi-Arch: same. Thanks Hugh McMaster for the
patch. (Closes: #884176).
also fixed in Ubuntu 18.10 and up.
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