[debhelper-devel] Bug#759812: Bug#759812: Bug#759812: Make the multiarch tuple available in helpers

[Steve Langasek]

On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 10:57:40AM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> Christian Kastner wrote:
> > The attached patch extends dh_installdirs, dh_install, and dh_link such
> > that in v10 mode, the literal string :multiarch: is substituted with the
> > appropriate multiarch tuple during their operation.

> I think that Ubuntu had a patch for this or something similar 
> earlier, so it may be good to reuse the syntax. Or perhaps ${multiarch}.

> We need to avoid something that conflicts with anything in any debhelper
> config files. It would be good to eg, grep the lintian lab.

The Ubuntu patch was superseded by dh-exec.  Is there a reason to add
support for this, given that dh-exec is now in widespread use in the archive
as a solution for this precise problem?

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