On Tue, 15 Sep 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 10:00:36PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > > On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > > > > So should we change i386-hurd to i386-gnu on the ftp archive? This would > > > also express the explicit wish of Gordon, IIRC. > > > > I don't think this is strictly necessary, it would add confusion to our > > users, which would ask over and over again about this "gnu" thing (is not > > linux "gnu" also?). BTW: On the ftp archive we have "hurd-i386", not > > i386-hurd. > > True. Seems that I'm completely confused by the architecture string opposed > to the name the architecture carries on the ftp site. Are they at all > related?
Well, this is the current situation: dpkg architecture Architecture string (for configure scripts) field (for FTP) i386 i386-linux alpha alpha-linux powerpc powerpc-linux [...] [...] hurd-i386 i386-gnu They are "related" in general, just that GNU/Hurd is a special case. To be "consistent", we would have to rename i386 to i386-linux in the FTP archives, but I don't think this is necessary either. As soon as Linux binary compatibility is achieved, hurd-i386 could become just a subtree of i386 (like amigas and ataris for m68k). -- "ceedd9d840a610bdcbb8b6b91fa93422" (a truly random sig)
