On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Ben Collins wrote: > > I assume if you have a script which depends on an Architecture: any > > or more restrictive Architecture:, you still just go ahead and set > > Architecture: all and let the dependency make it clear which architectures > > it can work on?
> If you mean, your script depends on a package that is architecure: any, or > like "Architectre: i386 alpha", then yes. Your script has nothing > architecture dependent. This way, if the program you depend on is ported > to a new arch, you wont have to change your package. But wouldn't that create uninstallable packages for the architectures where there is no binary? I agree with Ben if the binary package in question can theoretically be compiled on all archs (i.e. doesn't do anything hardware-dependent like enumerate PCI devices), but you should set it to the list of supported arches of the binary package if it contains hardware dependencies. Simon -- PGP public key available from http://phobos.fs.tum.de/pgp/Simon.Richter.asc Fingerprint: 10 62 F6 F5 C0 5D 9E D8 47 05 1B 8A 22 E5 4E C1 Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
