[Bug 1054344] Re: Please mark xterm as "Multi-arch: foreign"

[Timo Aaltonen]

** Changed in: xterm (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => In Progress

** Changed in: xterm (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)

** Also affects: xterm (Ubuntu Precise)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: xterm (Ubuntu Quantal)
   Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)
       Status: In Progress

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Title:
  Please mark xterm as "Multi-arch: foreign"

Status in “xterm” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in “xterm” source package in Precise:
  New
Status in “xterm” source package in Quantal:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  Marking xterm "Multi-arch: foreign" will allow 32-bit packages to depend on xterm and install successfully on 64-bit releases of Ubuntu from 11.04 onward.

  Some 3rd party apps, such as Lotus Sametime, use xterm to display
  messages.

  [Test Case]
  Build and install i386 packages on amd64 and attempt to depend on xterm.

  [Regression Potential]
  Minimal as this packaging change only means that pulling in the 64-bit xterm can satisfy the dependency of a 32-bit application.

  Can we make this change for precise?

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