[Bug 934593] Re: python-all-dev, python-dev must be Arch: any for multiarch

[Steve Langasek]

The utility here is to allow satisfying cross-build-deps of packages
that build python extensions.  I don't know if Matthias's comment that
"python itself is not ready for multiarch yet" is related to this, or if
he's referring to the fact that python extension packages aren't
coinstallable (which is not at all what I'm looking for right now).

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Title:
  python-all-dev, python-dev must be Arch: any for multiarch

Status in “python-defaults” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “python3-defaults” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The python-all-dev and python-dev packages are currently Architecture:
  all.  This makes them unusable for cross-building python extension
  packages, because these then get treated as packages of the native
  architecture, pulling in the native python2.7-dev / libpython2.7
  instead of the host-arch one that we need.

  Making them Architecture: any is a prerequisite for being able to grab
  python-all-dev:armhf (for instance) as a build-dependency.  More work
  beyond that will be needed to make this usable though, since
  libpython2.7 has a dependency on python2.7 (why?) and we can't replace
  the native python with the host one for a cross build.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: python-all-dev (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-16.25-generic 3.2.6
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-16-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CheckboxSubmission: 017452a27eca3c8b498abbfa5ef91db9
  CheckboxSystem: ecaaad6fa1e0799a0aa1126bf620f39e
  Date: Fri Feb 17 15:44:26 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: python-defaults
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-11-08 (101 days ago)

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