Julian Andres Klode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Currently, we have Architecture to specify supported Architectures. > > The problem are packages containing arch-indep content, but are only > useful on specific architectures (e.g. ndisgtk on i386 and amd64) and/or > need dependencies only available on these architectures. This means that > the package would be arch-dep. > > I would like to add a field called Install-Architecture (or similar), > which lists the architectures the package should be installed in, > i.e. added to the Packages file. > > Such a field would allow us to make packages like ndisgtk arch-indep, > while installing them only into the architectures specified in > Install-Architecture. > > This could reduce needed disk space, reduce the work for the buildds and > many other things.
This would be useful for kernel module source that will only build on a subset of the architectures that Debian supports as well. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
