[Multiarch-devel] Proper upgrade path for lib32v4l-{0,dev}?

[Gregor Jasny]

Hello,

currently my source package v4l-utils builds lib32v4l-0 and lib32v4l-dev 
packages on amd64. I'd like to get rid of them sooner than later and 
provide a proper upgrade path to multiarch packages. What's the best way 
to achieve this?

As far as I can see this always involves manual action due to the 
required addition of the foreign i386 architecture.

So should I simply drop the lib32 packages? The only dependent users of 
these packages are Skype and Google talk plugin users. They usually 
preload the libs via LD_PRELOAD. Due to the changed library paths when 
migrating from lib32 packages to multiarch they need to perform manual 
actions anyway.

Or should I change the packages from:

Package: lib32v4l-0
Section: libs
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libv4l-0 (= ${binary:Version}),
          ${shlibs:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends}

to virtual transition packages:

Package: lib32v4l-0
Section: libs
Architecture: i386
Pre-Depends: multiarch-support
Depends: libv4l-0 (= ${binary:Version}),
          ${misc:Depends}

Thanks for your help,
Gregor