Package: debian-policy
Severity: normal
Hi,
I just noticed that there are also Build-Depends-Arch/Build-Conflicts-Arch:
from deb-src-control(5):
Build-Depends-Arch: package-list
Same as Build-Depends, but they are only needed when build‐
ing the architecture dependent packages. The Build-Depends
are also installed in this case. This field is supported
since dpkg 1.16.4; in order to build with older dpkg ver‐
sions, Build-Depends should be used instead.
Build-Conflicts-Arch: package-list
Same as Build-Conflicts, but only when building the archi‐
tecture dependent packages. This field is supported since
dpkg 1.16.4; in order to build with older dpkg versions,
Build-Conflicts should be used instead.
These are not mentioned at all in the policy, but given that the dpkg
version constraint is satisfied in oldstable, it should be safe to use
them now.
Andreas
