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

[Dan Streetman]

> also backporting debugedit sounds like the correct thing to do

I don't think we can backport debugedit for i386 currently, since
debugedit's i386 build depends on debhelper which depends on debugedit's
i386 build.

Maybe we can do a build without the backports pocket in a PPA, then
binary-copy debugedit over to -backports, or some other magic to work
around the circular dep.

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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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