On 08/01/2014 12:17, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Paul Wise <[email protected]> [2014-08-01 11:33 +0200]: >>>> * The source package includes a Package-List field that also has >>>> an arch=* column. dpkg (>= 1.17.7) will include this. >>> >>> Can we read up more on this somewhere? >> >> It is the default if you are using dpkg-dev from jessie and you don't >> need to do anything other than generating your .dsc with dpkg-source >> as per usual. > > I want to understand purpose and syntax of this new field.
The field was originally discussed in https://bugs.debian.org/619131 to allow easier processing of packages that build arch-specific binaries such as src:linux[1]. The architecture information was only (re)introduced later, as far as I know to help with bootstrapping, but it turns out that I also want this for source-only uploads to catch uploads introducing NEW binary packages. Ansgar [1] This is currently broken in dak, but teaching process-new to handle source-only uploads will also address this. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
