On 2010-02-16 11:09 +0100, Torsten Werner wrote: > There is no way to specify arch-dependent priorities and sections in the > control file.
It is possible to do it for the control file in binary packages with "dpkg-gencontrol -Dpriority=…", but I understand that you cannot use that information anyway. > I think there is no point in implementing arch-specific > overrides for fields that are not arch-specific in the first place. Okay. So how are you going to proceed? If the correct action is to keep the high severity (despite 99% of all users having no use for the package), the priority of some other packages might need to be adjusted as well. E.g. libbsd0 and ufsutils are required on kfreebsd-*. But I think it would be more sensible to downgrade the priority since that allows debootstrap to do the right thing on all architectures, even if it formally constitutes a policy violation. Should I bring up this issue on debian-policy? Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
