[Bug 1965800] Re: debhelper in focal-backports not usable for i386 package building (missing dependency)

[Mattia Rizzolo]

I think we have three choices here:

1. revert Matthias' change from debhelper/13.3.4ubuntu1 (2021-03-19) that make use of debugedit (honestly I don't even understand *why* he did that)
2. backport debugedit too (honestly I don't remember if that would be enough to make it build on i386, however, or it also needs an addition to the i386 whitelist)
3. get the archive admins to add src:rpm in the i386 whitelist, and rebuild it (if that's enough to make it build and doesn't require more).

I'd be for option 1 here.

comments welcome.

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Title:
  debhelper in focal-backports not usable for i386 package building
  (missing dependency)

Status in debhelper package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in debugedit package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  focal-backports contains debhelper 13.5.2ubuntu1~bpo20.04.1. This is
  an architecture-independent package, but it depends on debugedit,
  which is architecture-dependent.

  The debugedit package exists in focal-universe for amd64, but not for
  i386. As a result, Launchpad is not able to build PPA packages
  targeting focal i386 that require debhelper-compat (= 13).

  This would appear to be an oversight. It does not affect bionic,
  hirsuite, impish, or jammy; all of these contain the debugedit:i386
  package. (It was moved from universe to main at some point after
  focal.)

  
  See from Colin Watson: https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+question/701011

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