Re: Bug#759099: libcdio-dev: Causes every apt command to argue about unknown Multi-Arch type

[Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>]

Control: reassign -1 apt 1.0.6
Control: retitle -1 apt: Argues about valid Multi-Arch control field value "no" as unknown

Hi Jakub,

Jakub Wilk wrote:
> * Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>, 2014-08-24, 11:39:
> >$ apt-cache policy foobar
> >W: Unknown Multi-Arch type 'no' for package 'libcdio-dev'
> >W: Unknown Multi-Arch type 'no' for package 'libiso9660-dev'
> >W: Unknown Multi-Arch type 'no' for package 'libudf-dev'
> 
> According to deb-control(5), "no" is a valid value for the
> Multi-Arch field. (Although it's the default, so it would be
> probably better to omit the field.)

So this is actually an APT bug? Indeed, if I try to build libcdio with
"Multi-Arch: foobar" instead "Multi-Arch: no", dpkg-deb bails out.
Hence reassigning.

Thanks for pointing this out!

Will also close the just file lintian feature request (#759101) again.
:-)

		Regards, Axel
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