أحمد المحمودي: > Hello > > The package pcb builds 2 arch. dependent packages (pcb-gtk & pcb-lesstif) and > an arch independent package (pcb-common) which contains data and > documentation. Hence the arch. dependent packages depend on this arch > independent package. > > Previously I ran: > dh_installdocs --link-doc=pcb-common > > which worked fine, yet after updating to compat level 10, I get the build > error: > > dh_installdocs: --link-doc not allowed between pcb-gtk and pcb-common (one is > arch:all and the other not) > > I checked the manpage which mentions that a link from arch. dependent to > arch. independent will not work, what is the reason for this? Especially that > my use case seems very sensible. Is there a workaround? > > Please reply me directly since I am not subscribed to the list. >
Hi, Please note that --link-doc between arch:any and arch:all does not actually work (correctly) in compat 9 either. You get silent breakage in some cases (notably binNMUs). The primary difference is that compat 10 stops you from doing it. Please see the following link for a longer description: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=767839#43 Thanks, ~Niels
