+msgtest 'Check that dpkg supports' 'arch-specific dependencies'
+set +e
+# this fails always, the question is just how it fails
+dpkg-checkbuilddeps -d 'foobar:barfoo' /dev/null 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
+RETURNCODE=$?
+set -e
+if [ "$RETURNCODE" != '1' ]; then
+ dpkg-checkbuilddeps -d 'foobar:barfoo' /dev/null || true
+ echo "Command had returncode: $RETURNCODE"
+ msgskip
+ exit 0
+else
+ msgpass
+fi
+