[Bug 58738] New: debian packages and wow64

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58738

Bug ID: 58738
           Summary: debian packages and wow64
           Product: Packaging
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: wine-packages
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
                CC: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

So far it seems that the Debian packages are built without the wow64 support?
Is this right?
If so, in view of the wine 11 release, allowing the wow64 mode in the packages
would be a great step forward.

There is the step of the hardcoded dependency into the i386 packages.
I have workaround this with a local dummy package,

printf "Package: wine-devel-i386-dummy
Version: %s
Architecture: all
Provides: wine-devel-i386 (= %s)
Conflicts: wine-devel-i386
Replaces: wine-devel-i386
Maintainer: Dummy Maintainer 
Description: Dummy package to satisfy wine-devel-i386 dependency
 This is a placeholder package that pretends to be wine-devel-i386.
" "$VERSION" "$VERSION" > wine-devel-i386-dummy_${VERSION}/DEBIAN/control

I install this package first, and then I can install wine-devel and
winehq-devel without complaining about dependencies. It would be ideal if the
repositories also provide something such as wine-devel-i386-dummy in the
release process and document that by installing it, the win32 dependency is
avoided.