Hi, I think there is serious lack of documentation on how apt system works.
On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 04:31:14PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Hi, > > On 2018-01-10 23:11:07 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > do you still think your statement: > > > > This is incorrect, as not compatible with multiarch. The following > > should be used for the Package line: > > > > | Package: *:any > > | > > | As far as I see the discussion referenced: > > | https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881047#10 > > > > There is "this matches the documented behavior". > > With the use of a ":". What is said is that: > > As a special exception to the architecture wildcard rules, apt > also accepts * in place of any, so you can write: > > /libfreetype6/:linux-* > /libfreetype6/:* > > And this matches the documented behavior: [...]" > > i.e. if you want to match all packages of any architecture, *:* is > OK just like *:any, but * alone is not. "*" alone seems to be treated as "*:native" (??and "*:all"??) architectures. (apt-pkg/cacheset.cc) > > At least as I see apt-doc, it is still having apt line like mine. > > The apt documentation has still not been fixed. That is where we need update first. Other than these multiarch related syntax and regex syntax, I don't see "Obsoletes" mentioned in dependency documentation but I see it in the source. The most interesing information source were: https://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/HOWTO https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultiarchCross > > So where is this documentation referenced. > > > > Also, does this match arch all package? > > The issue is that there is currently no mention of multiarch at all in > the apt_preferences(5) man page. I've added the APT Development Team > to Cc. Someone knowledgeable needs to update: doc/apt_preferences.5.xml doc/guide.dbk Osamu
