Package: lintian Version: 2.5.17 control: tags -1 + patch Ok see thread on debian devel it is due to debhelper > 9.
So add more hint to description
>From 526d3a8b6bedd349b7a7c65489ee55a90f2ce21f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Bastien=20ROUCARI=C3=88S?= <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 15:25:45 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Improve description of pkg-config-multi-arch-wrong-dir Add some hint about this warning: Another likely cause is using debhelper 9 or newer (thus multi-arch path by default) on a non multi-arch package. The usual cure is in this case to render your package multi-arch. --- checks/files.desc | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/checks/files.desc b/checks/files.desc index b98f414..a12a956 100644 --- a/checks/files.desc +++ b/checks/files.desc @@ -1303,6 +1303,10 @@ Certainty: possible Info: The arch all pkg-config file contains reference to an multi-arch path. . This can be usually be fixed by moving this file to a multi-arch path. + . + Another likely cause is using debhelper 9 or newer (thus enabling + multi-arch path by default) on a non multi-arch package. + The usual cure is in this case to render your package multi-arch. Tag: dir-or-file-in-home Severity: serious -- 1.8.4.rc3

