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Bug#1077235: lintian: arch-dependent-file-not-in-arch-specific-directory shouldn't trigger for binaries in libexec/

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Hi Helmut, Clément,

> Package: lintian
> Version: 2.117.0
> Severity: normal
>
> Hi,
>
> as said in the title, and unless I'm mistaken, libexec directory
> contains executables, not libraries, so it shouldn't trigger
> arch-dependent-file-not-in-arch-specific-directory, just like *bin/.

Clément, I think you are talking about "nautilus-wipe" package here which is the only one I could find in
the UDD triggering this, and you happen to maintain it.

This hint is triggered only if the M-A is found for the package to be "same", which is the case here[1].

The M-A wiki here [2] says:

"The package is Architecture: any, does not contain any maintainer scripts, and common files for any pair of architectures have the same content."

which I don't think will happen for usr/libexec. The M-A hinter on the PTS also says the same about
this package:

"There are issues with the multiarch metadata for this package.
nautilus-wipe conflicts on /usr/libexec/nautilus-wipe on any two of amd64, arm64, armhf, i386 and 3 more"

Hence, I think this bug report is a wontfix for lintian.

Helmut, would you be able to confirm if my interpretation is correct here?

[1] https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-privacy-team/nautilus-wipe/-/blob/master/debian/control?ref_type=heads#L23
[2] https://wiki.debian.org/MultiArch/Hints#set_Multi-Arch:_same

Best,
Nilesh

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Bug#1077235: lintian: arch-dependent-file-not-in-arch-specific-directory shouldn't trigger for binaries in libexec/ Nilesh Patra <nilesh@debian.org> - 2026-04-14 06:00 +0200
  Bug#1077235: lintian: arch-dependent-file-not-in-arch-specific-directory shouldn't trigger for binaries in libexec/ Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> - 2026-04-14 06:30 +0200

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