Hi! On Wed, 2022-07-06 at 18:50:08 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.20.10 > Severity: normal > File: /usr/bin/dpkg > Tags: patch
> Recently, I did a complex semi-manual crossgrade. Runes like > dpkg -iGEOB > were frequently involved. But I discovered that dpkg -E would > skip a package if the same version, but a different architecture, > was involved. > > I don't think that's right. I think that for a normal > (non-coinstallable) package, > dpkg --skip-same-version foo_otherarch.deb > should crossgrade it. > > For a coinstallable package, it should coinstall it. > > I think that the attached patch achieves this behaviour. I used it[1] > during my crossgrade it and functioned well. Thanks for the patch! So while I think the new behavior makes more sense, my main concern has been mostly about the long option now feeling somehow inaccurate. :/ I guess if this becomes bothersome or confusing we can always add a new alias or similar. In any case I've merged this locally, with a small fix to the --help output to make it fit under 80 chars, and this addition to the man page to clarify the behavior change: ,--- Since dpkg 1.21.10, the architecture is also taken into account, which makes it possible to cross-grade packages or install additional co-installable instances with the same version, but different architecture. `--- And I'm going to be pushing this to git. Thanks, Guillem
