Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 12:50:36PM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 04:38:27PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> > > Actually, because of the e2fsck-static package, e2fsprogs has to have >> > > a build-depends on libselinux. There doesn't seem to be a way to say, >> > > "except on non-Linux platforms" for a build-depends as far as I know, >> > > unfortunately. Any suggested solutions? > >> > List the linux platforms. It is more likely some new non-linux >> > platform shows up (like armeb, kfreebsd-amd64, ...) than a new linux >> > one. > >> That's..... unspeakably horrible. > >> What we really need is a separation between "OS" and "Architecture" as >> far as dpkg is concerned. > > Yes, the dpkg maintainers have a patch to do that by extending the semantics > of the Architecture: field. Other tools need to support the same extensions > before it can really be used, though.
Use it, watch what breaks and supply patches to affected parties. *hide* :) MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]