On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 09:52:41AM +0000, Chris Lamb wrote: > Hi Helmut, > > > TL;DR: I suggest ignoring Multi-Arch: foreign packages for the purpose of > > this tag to remove false positives. > > Won't these binaries in /usr/bin (etc.) be picked up by: > > arch-dependent-file-not-in-arch-specific-directory > > ?
I think you are confusing something here. That tag only fires for M-A:same packages, but that's a totally different story. If you put ELF binaries in /usr/bin of a M-A:same package you immediately get a file conflict. What I'm trying to say is that it can be legitimate to put ELF binaries in libdevel packages if such packages are marked M-A:foreign. My initial request and your initial implementation will thus have false positives. The tag I am requesting here mostly targets packages that lack any Multi-Arch header (i.e. not covered by the above tag). Hope this helps. Helmut
