Hi: This is probably a stupid question, but...
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> wrote: > Currently, Policy's description of Architecture includes the statement: > > In the main debian/control file in the source package, or in the > source package control file .dsc, one may specify a list of > architectures separated by spaces, or the special values any or all. > > By my reading, this says that the Architecture field may be *either* a > list of architectures *or* one of any or all. However, the current > dpkg-dev appears to generate an Architecture line that includes both > architectures and special values like "all". I'm curious, which package(s) do this? What is the idea of doing so? Is it like saying, "build specially on these architectures; otherwise just use 'all'"? Or am I missing the point of it completely? > > I can see why this was done, and I think it's a more accurate portrayal > of what the source package generates. However, it means that Policy is > wrong and needs to be changed. > > What should it say instead? I assume that the current language should > be retained for debian/control, but the specification for .dsc is now > different. > > -- > Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-dpkg-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
