[Multiarch-devel] What is the default value for the Multi-Arch field?

[Johannes Schauer]

Hi,

there seems to be some controversy about what the value of the Multi-Arch field
should be if a package is explicitly not multiarched:

apt: #759099 and dpkg: #732648

Since the implementation of multiarch in dpkg in June 2009, dpkg understands
"Multi-Arch: no" and only that. Though in October 2013 the spec was changed to
say "Multi-Arch: none"

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultiarchSpec?action=diff&rev1=69&rev2=70

Having the spec say "none" while the implementation said "no" for the past five
years is confusing.

Can we somehow fix that?

CC-ing Thomas Hood as he introduced that change into the spec.

cheers, josch