On Thu, 2012-07-19 at 08:45 +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: 
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 04:46:00AM +0000, shawn wrote:
> > Package: libtool
> > Version: 2.4.2-1.1
> > Severity: important
> > 
> > Dear Maintainer,
> > 
> > This is important for cross-building
> > 
> > https://launchpadlibrarian.net/84463096/libtool_2.4-4ubuntu3_2.4-4ubuntu4.diff.gz
> 
> I think that's just wrong.  The /usr/bin/libtool file is generated
> for the current architecture and doesn't support cross-building.
> It's also the only reason this is an arch any package and not an
> arch all pacakge.

In that case, would Multi-arch: allowed work?
that way the depending package can specify if cross-arch is OK

or otherwise split off a multi-arch: foreign package, which libtool
would depend on. 
> 
> There probably aren't many users of /usr/bin/libtool, but I know
> there are.
> 
> 
> Kurt
> 


-- 
-Shawn Landden


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