On Wed, 27 May 2009, Russ Allbery wrote: > Andres Mejia <mcita...@gmail.com> writes: > > > Perhaps inclusive 'or' is meant here. That's the impression I get from > > reading this. > > > Perhaps a footnote saying "Here 'or' is meant inclusively" should be > > added. > > Well, but that doesn't answer the more fundamental question. What does > an Architecture field like: > > i386 amd64 all > > in a *.dsc file mean? Currently, Policy is silent here.
It means you can do: - dpkg-buildpackage -B (or -b) on i386/amd64 - dpkg-buildpackage -A on all arches (at least in theory, in practice I'm sure we have many packages where the arch: all is a by-product of the normal full build and hence requires to be built on one of the supported arches) Think of it as a list of arches that have to be auto-built. Given that autobuilders use -B, you have to generate the arch: all on a separate auto-builder. > Can "any" ever appear in combination with architectures (if, for > example, the package builds some binary packages only on some > architectures and others on all architectures)? No. If "any" appears, it will always be alone. Check line 195-226 of dpkg-source to see what is done. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Contribuez à Debian et gagnez un cahier de l'admin Debian Lenny : http://www.ouaza.com/wp/2009/03/02/contribuer-a-debian-gagner-un-livre/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
