Bug#613584: apt-get not handling Multi-Arch: foreign, Arch: all packages correctly
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 22:03, Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> wrote:
> This may be because the Multiarch spec was confusing on the point of Arch:
> all packages, for which I apologize. The spec has been updated to make it
> clear that Multi-Arch: foreign is allowed for Arch: all packages, and an
> explanation sent to the dpkg mailing list:
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg/2011/02/msg00021.html
>
> Raphael has already committed the fix to the experimental multiarch branch
> for this. Can you please adjust the apt resolver to match?
Urgh… I really assumed that Multi-Arch field on arch:all packages are illegal
and that arch:all is automatic foreign as it sounds rather counter intuitive
to have an architecture independent package which needs to specify explicitly
that it is architecture independent and can therefore be used as foreign…
The whole concept of pseudo-packages emerged from the need to make arch:all
packages upgradeable (especially if changed from any to all and v.v. which
still has some smaller problems, but thats a different track) and architecture
dependent in a sense that any -> all -> any dependencies doesn't use
different any's. The pseudo-package thing allows the resolver to think
always in pseudo dependent packages. Pseudo packages just have an internal
MultiArch flag indicating that they are 'all' packages and they depend on
an architecture independent 'all' package (with no dependencies) which is
mostly used in the ordering and download system (pseudo packages can't be
downloaded - and configuring a pseudo package means that the 'all'
package and therefore also all pseudo packages are configured).
So do you have another example why this would be needed as your python
example should be dealt with the pseudo-package concept described here?
(Its discussed/documented in more detail in README.MultiArch)
If this is really changed now, I guess (I haven't touched multiarch internal
for a while, so I am not completely sure what is needed exactly) I will have
a lot of work for the next weeks, so let me end with my beginning words: Urgh
Best regards
David Kalnischkies
P.S.: I haven't checked why the install itself fails. The Multi-Arch marker is
at least completely ignored by APT for all packages. Could you tell me in
more detail how i need to setup my system to hit this problem?
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