Package: openmotif Version: 2.3.3-5 Severity: wishlist libmotif4 can and should be converted into a Multi-Arch: same package.
I've just privately (and successfully) performed the conversion, targeting Ubuntu 12.04. I followed the advice for "classic debhelper and autotools" at http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/Implementation, with one variation to handle the files libmotif4 puts under /usr/lib/X11/: I patched the definitions of MWMRCDIR and XMBINDDIR_FALLBACK in the configure script to prevent their move to /usr/lib/${DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH}. P.S. (I haven't actually tested the additional changes suggested below.) While it doesn't seem to be technically necessary to split off /usr/include/X11/bitmaps/ and /usr/lib/X11/bindings/ to a new libmotif-common package (dpkg was able to handle the overlap in my testing), I believe that doing so is required by Debian policy (8.2). The bindings/ directory could also be moved from /usr/lib/X11/ to /usr/share/X11/ since its contents are architecture-independent. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
