Bug#832501: firefox-esr: Please mark as "Multi-Arch: foreign" (or allowed)

[Mike Hommey]

On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 09:12:06AM +0200, Raphaël Hertzog wrote:
> Package: firefox-esr
> Version: 45.2.0esr-1
> Severity: wishlist
> User: devel at kali.org
> Usertags: origin-kali
> 
> In a Kali metapackage, we have a dependency on firefox-esr. But on arm64,
> we would like to be able to install "firefox-esr:armhf" (which actually works
> better right now). Unfortunately, firefox-esr:armhf can't fullfill the
> "firefox-esr" dependency.
> 
> So I would like to consider whether you can add:
> - either “Multi-Arch: foreign” (if you think there are no cases where a
>   dependency on firefox-esr would require a "same-arch" logic)

Addons with binary components require a same-arch dependency.

> - or “Multi-Arch: allowed” so that I can use the "firefox-esr:any"
>   dependency for my case.

How would that solve your issue? Would you be removing the arm64
package?

Mike