[pkg-go] Usage of Built-Using for dev packages

Paul Tagliamonte paultag at debian.org
Fri Sep 11 19:11:07 UTC 2015


On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 03:07:36PM -0400, Alexandre Viau wrote:
> About that, should -dev packages contain binaries? Would it be best that
> dev packages stay arch:all and ship their binaries in a separated package?

I tend to say "yes" - the -dev files aren't arch dependent, and shipping
the binary like that prevents it from being multiarch'd approprately,
which is a massive pain for anyone using it for 32 and 64 bit build on
the same host. Which is nearly no one, sure, but the point stands.

I'd be for shipping a binary seprately, like -tools or -bin for C
libraries.

Cheers,
  Paul
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