Hi Bastien, On Sat, Jul 12, 2025 at 11:40:49AM +0200, Bastien Roucaries wrote: > I will prefer at the begining a general introduction for giving context. > > Something along the line at the top: > > On Debian, multi-arch support allows you to install and run software packages > built for different CPU architectures on the same system, even using user or > system emulation. It may be used for cross building or for compatibility for > legacy installation > > > [...] > > +architecture-dependentinterfaces and therefore architecture-indpenedent > > ^ typo
Confirmed. > +Conversely, packages must not use other packages in ways declined by > +their ``debian/README.multiarch``. > > This should be documented as an installed to /usr/share/doc file or a source > only file. >From my point of view, it is reasonably clear that this path refers to the source package. It also is developer information and not generally useful for installed systems. > + It may check the > +``DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE_REFCOUNT`` environment variable set by > +``dpkg``. > > This variable should be should be shortly described. Does it decrease with > deinstallation until 0.... Please refer to man 1 dpkg. Policy cannot cover each and every aspect and some of the matter is deferred to individual tool's documentation. Helmut
