[pkg-firebird-general] Bug#670008: libib-util: arch-dependent files in multiarch: same package

[Julien Cristau]

On Tue, May  1, 2012 at 21:14:19 +0300, Damyan Ivanov wrote:

> tags 670008 help
> thanks
> 
> -=| Julien Cristau, 22.04.2012 15:19:37 +0200 |=-
> > Package: libib-util
> > Version: 2.5.2~svn+54376.ds4-2
> > Severity: important
> > User: multiarch-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org
> > Usertags: multiarch
> > 
> > libib-util is marked as Multi-Arch: same, but contains files in
> > arch-independent paths with arch-specific contents:
> > 
> > [libib-util 2.5.2~svn+54376.ds4-2]
> > usr/share/lintian/overrides/libib-util
> 
> The only way to fix this that I see is to drop the lintian override. 
> Moving it to /usr/lib/$ARCH would be another way, but unfortunately 
> lintian looks for overrides only under /usr/share/.
> 
> Is dropping really the only way? What do other M-A:same packages with 
> lintian overrides do?

They can use wildcards.  See the lintian user's manual, §2.4.1. Format
of override files.

Cheers,
Julien
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