[Reportbug-maint] Bug#666469: Bug#666469: Bug#666469: reportbug: reports bug assigned to the wrong package (multi-arch problem?)

[Julien Cristau]

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 17:54:10 +0200, Sandro Tosi wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 17:10, Julien Cristau <jcristau at debian.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 10:24:54 +0200, Sandro Tosi wrote:
> >
> >> was it defined somewhere how bugs for m-a packages should be filed?
> >>
> > The same way other bugs are filed, against the package name (excluding
> > arch qualifier) and version, the BTS doesn't care about architectures.
> 
> how can the reporter express the fact the bug is in the foreign arch
> package as installed on his machine (so libcairo2:amd64 when installed
> on i386)? is it even possible?
> 
As I said, the BTS doesn't care about architectures.  The submitter can
state stuff in the body of their message, though...

Cheers,
Julien
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