Message 167611 - Python tracker

about searching /lib/<multiarch>: adding this directory won't help. all .a and .so files are installed in /usr/lib or /usr/lib/<multiarch>.

about the missing dpkg-architecture: see the attached ma.diff patch. the Debian/Ubuntu system compilers add an option -print-multiarch, which can be used to get the multiarch name without having the dpkg-dev package installed.