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Bug#749826: Documenting `Multi-Arch: foreign`

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Hi!

On Tue, 2026-03-24 at 14:12:45 +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> diff --git a/policy/ch-controlfields.rst b/policy/ch-controlfields.rst
> --- a/policy/ch-controlfields.rst
> +++ b/policy/ch-controlfields.rst
> @@ -1307,6 +1307,166 @@ This list is intentionally incomplete. You should consult the
>  documentation of the tool or package in question for which keywords it
>  defines and when they are needed.
>  
> +.. _s-f-Multi-Arch:
> +
> +``Multi-Arch``
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +A Debian installation can combine packages from multiple architectures.
> +The ``Multi-Arch`` header enables individual packages to declare their
> +support for this feature, and influences the way dependencies are
> +handled.  It can be declared in binary package sections of a source
> +package template control file and in binary package control files.  The
> +permitted header values are ``no`` (default), ``foreign``, ``same`` and
> +``allowed``. Their semantics are described in the following sections.

This uses "header" instead of "field", which is a term that we do not
use at all in the context of the deb822 format.

Thanks,
Guillem

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Bug#749826: Documenting `Multi-Arch: foreign` Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> - 2025-03-29 12:40 +0100
  Bug#749826: Documenting `Multi-Arch: foreign` Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2025-03-29 13:20 +0100
  Bug#749826: Documenting `Multi-Arch: foreign` Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2025-03-29 14:10 +0100
    Bug#749826: Documenting `Multi-Arch: foreign` Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> - 2025-04-06 07:40 +0200
      Bug#749826: Documenting `Multi-Arch: foreign` Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-04-07 02:30 +0200
      Bug#749826: Documenting `Multi-Arch: foreign` Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-06-06 15:40 +0200
        Bug#749826: Documenting `Multi-Arch: foreign` Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> - 2025-07-09 19:20 +0200
          Bug#749826: Documenting `Multi-Arch: foreign` Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2026-02-25 22:30 +0100
            Bug#749826: Documenting `Multi-Arch: foreign` Bastien Roucaries <rouca@debian.org> - 2026-03-17 09:00 +0100
              Bug#749826: Documenting `Multi-Arch: foreign` Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2026-03-17 11:00 +0100
            Bug#749826: Documenting `Multi-Arch: foreign` Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> - 2026-03-24 21:50 +0100
              Bug#749826: Documenting `Multi-Arch: foreign` Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2026-03-24 23:20 +0100
                Bug#749826: Documenting `Multi-Arch: foreign` Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues <josch@debian.org> - 2026-03-26 06:30 +0100
                Bug#749826: Documenting `Multi-Arch: foreign` Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2026-03-26 14:20 +0100
                Bug#749826: Documenting `Multi-Arch: foreign` Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2026-03-27 16:30 +0100
              Bug#749826: Documenting `Multi-Arch: foreign` Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> - 2026-03-26 18:30 +0100
                Bug#749826: Documenting `Multi-Arch: foreign` Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2026-03-29 12:10 +0200

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