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diff --git a/dev/multiarch.mdwn b/dev/multiarch.mdwn index 0669fba..fce463c 100644 --- a/dev/multiarch.mdwn +++ b/dev/multiarch.mdwn @@ -99,3 +99,37 @@ the architecture-qualified names. [wuc-mas-arch-indep-files]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultiarchSpec#Architecture-independent_files_in_multiarch_packages [wuc-mas-control-fields]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultiarchSpec#Binary_package_control_fields [spf-fields-bin]: http://specs.proteanos.com/spf-2.0/fields.html#fields-bin + + +Use Cases +========= + +**Run-time dependency on a utility:** Only the native architecture of the +utility dependency is available in the downloaded feed lists, and the dependency +is not architecture-qualified. The native architecture will be installed. + +**Run-time dependency on a library:** Multiple architectures of the library +dependency may be available, and the dependency must be qualified with the +native architecture. + +**Run-time dependency on a language extension:** Despite technically being a +shared object file, only the native architecture of the language extension +dependency is available in the downloaded feed lists, and the dependency is not +architecture-qualified. The language extension dependency in turn depends on a +language interpreter, which is also not architecture-qualified. The native +architecture of both will be installed. + +**Build-time dependency on a utility:** Only the build architecture of the +utility dependency is available in the downloaded feed lists, and the dependency +is not architecture-qualified. The build architecture will be installed. + +**Build-time dependency on a library:** Multiple architectures of the library +dependency are available, and the dependency must be qualified with the host +architecture. + +**Build-time dependency on a language extension:** Despite technically being a +shared object file, only the native architecture of the language extension +dependency is available in the downloaded feed lists, and the dependency is not +architecture-qualified. The language extension dependency in turn depends on a +language interpreter, which is also not architecture-qualified. The native +architecture of both will be installed. |