On Fri, 2012-04-20 at 16:06:19 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Chris Hiestand <[email protected]> writes: > > libxml2 source shows that it has "Architecture: any", so I'd imagine > > that should be not be a conflict even though there is no Multi-Arch > > field. > > No, that's only for source packages and indicates that the package *can* > be built on any architecture. Architecture: all in a binary package means > it can be installed on any architecture; otherwise, it's an > architcture-specific binary package and must be multiarch to be > installable as a non-native architecture (without --force options, of > course).
To be precise, a foreign arch package could be installed regardless of its multiarch status, as long as there's no other instance present on the system and dpkg has been configured to recognize that foreign arch. regards, guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
