Package: dpkg Version: 1.10.26+kbsd Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi!
This is the continuation of bug #118910. Since you retitled it as "[ARCH] clean up archtable", I considered you'd prefer me to file a separate bug for this. Feel free to retitle/merge if you think otherwise. The changes are pretty straightforwarded, but they should be enough to fix most of the concerns that porters had with the limitations of dpkg architecture handling during the last few years. Patch available at http://people.debian.org/~rmh/patches/dpkg.diff. Quoting the patch header: With this patch, dpkg understands the following syntax for debian/control (while maintaining full backwards compatibility). Some examples: Build-Depends: bin86 [cpu: i386] ..where "bin86" is required only on _cpu_ i386 with any kernel (unlike [i386] which silently implies linux). Build-Depends: kernel-headers-2.4 [system: linux] ..where "kernel-headers-2.4" is required only on linux-gnu systems, on any cpu. Analogously, the "Architecture" field is split. Some examples: Package: grub Cpu: i386 System: any Package: modutils Cpu: any System: linux -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: kfreebsd-i386 (i386) Kernel: GNU/kFreeBSD 5.3+1-1 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii dselect 1.10.26+kbsd a user tool to manage Debian packa ii libc0.1 2.3-1+kbsd.8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
