+++ Guillem Jover [2012-05-11 01:58 +0200]:
> On Thu, 2012-05-10 at 21:28:18 +0100, Wookey wrote:
> > Package:dpkg
> > Version:1.16.3
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> > Here is a simple patch to give dpkg support for the forthcoming 64-bit
> > arm architecture, called arm64 in Debian and aarch64 upstream.
> >
> > So far as I can tell only cputable has to change, and I couldn't find
> > anything else to change in dpkg as config.{sub,guess} have already
> > been updated, so this really is a one-liner. Do tell if I've missed
> > something. dpkg-architecture certainly works as expected.
>
> Given that the triplet is aarch64-linux-gnu, yes this seems fine
> (although the upstream name seems a bit unfortunate...).
The upstream name is indeed ridiculous, but actually because
arm*-*-linux-gnu* configury is already such a mess in many places,
having a clean slate is technically useful, so I have been persuaded
not to start a (probably doomed anyway) fight with upstream for
'arm64-linux-gnu' eveywhere, even though that would have been much
nicer for users. So aarch64-linux-gnu it is.
> I've removed the .* from the config.guess regex because that would
> match on aarch64_be, and queued this for my next push, which...
>
> > Having this in wheezy would be helpful to the porters.
>
> ... will be included for 1.16.4.
cheers for the quick response.
Wookey
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