Re: 'Architecture: all' with architecture specific dependencies - the Depends field contains an arch-specific dependency but the package is architecture all

2019-11-28 Thread Chris Knadle
Patrick Schleizer: > I am maintaining two Debian derivatives distributions, Whonix and > Kicksecure. (Open Source) I hope you don't mind my question. > > I am trying to build a custom meta package with 'Architecture: all' that > has an architecture specific dependency: > hardened-malloc [amd64] A

Re: Architecture field based on another package Architecture field

2015-10-13 Thread Ghislain Vaillant
On 13/10/15 18:08, Aaron M. Ucko wrote: Ghislain Vaillant writes: So the final solution is to manually list all supported architectures in d/control (same one as libfftw3-double3) and use your patch for d/rules? You can leave Architecture: any in d/control; dpkg-genchanges will warn about th

Re: Architecture field based on another package Architecture field

2015-10-13 Thread Aaron M. Ucko
Ghislain Vaillant writes: > So the final solution is to manually list all supported architectures > in d/control (same one as libfftw3-double3) and use your patch for > d/rules? You can leave Architecture: any in d/control; dpkg-genchanges will warn about the discrepancy, but proceed anyway. --

Re: Architecture field based on another package Architecture field

2015-10-13 Thread Ghislain Vaillant
On 13/10/15 17:15, Aaron M. Ucko wrote: "Aaron M. Ucko" writes: I am testing these changes now (against a checkout of your experimental branch) and will follow up with a full patch if they work. I meant $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) and ifeq "" "$(SKIP_NFFTL)" Hav

Re: Architecture field based on another package Architecture field

2015-10-13 Thread Aaron M. Ucko
"Aaron M. Ucko" writes: > I am testing these changes now (against a checkout of your experimental > branch) and will follow up with a full patch if they work. I meant $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) and ifeq "" "$(SKIP_NFFTL)" Having fixed those typos, I produced the atta

Re: Architecture field based on another package Architecture field

2015-10-13 Thread Aaron M. Ucko
Ghislain Vaillant writes: > Architecture: ${libfftw3-long3:Architecture} Alas, this won't work -- that information isn't available here, and I don't think substitutions work in the Architecture field anyway. However, debian/rules can conditionally invoke dh with a suitable -N flag. I believe i

Re: Architecture-independent packages with missing build-dependencies on some architectures

2012-09-23 Thread Stephen Kitt
On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:18:06 -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: > I think it would be more appropriate to just close the bug with a > message indicating that the package should be built on a system with > multiarch enabled; where the wine-bin dependency would be satisfied > via wine-bin:i386. Lucas's

Re: Architecture-independent packages with missing build-dependencies on some architectures

2012-09-22 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Stephen Kitt wrote: > Dear mentors, > > I maintain the wine-gecko package (wine-gecko-1.4), which is in an > interesting situation because its build-dependencies can't be satisfied on all > architectures, but it builds an "Architecture: all" package. Something > sim

RE: Architecture dependensie

2012-05-31 Thread Bas van den Dikkenberg
Thanks for explenation -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Gergely Nagy [mailto:alger...@balabit.hu] Verzonden: donderdag 31 mei 2012 14:45 Aan: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org Onderwerp: Re: Architecture dependensie Bas van den Dikkenberg writes: > Hello, > > I am trying to make

Re: Architecture dependensie

2012-05-31 Thread Gergely Nagy
Bas van den Dikkenberg writes: > Hello, > > I am trying to make burp work on HPPA and powerpcspe architectures and > there for I want to specify witch version of debhelper he must juse. You're trying to do the wrong thing: debhelper is arch:all, so it will be the same across architectures. If yo

Re: architecture wildcards, type-handling, etc.

2009-05-19 Thread Laurent Guignard
On Tue, 19 May 2009 14:03:43 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Laurent Guignard > wrote: > > On Thu, 14 May 2009 19:25:46 +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: > >> btw, what "p-a-s" mean in this context? > > > > p-a-s : dict say "Publicly Available Specifications (ISO)" > >

Re: architecture wildcards, type-handling, etc.

2009-05-19 Thread Salvatore Bonaccorso
Hi Ok, p-a-s means Packages-arch-specific, as Paul Wise explained. On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 06:43:19AM +0200, Laurent Guignard wrote: > On Thu, 14 May 2009 19:25:46 +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 04:26:56PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > > brian m. carlson (14/0

Re: architecture wildcards, type-handling, etc.

2009-05-18 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Laurent Guignard wrote: > On Thu, 14 May 2009 19:25:46 +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: >> btw, what "p-a-s" mean in this context? > > p-a-s : dict say "Publicly Available Specifications (ISO)" > I think this is the correct signification but i am not sure... Th

Re: architecture wildcards, type-handling, etc.

2009-05-18 Thread Laurent Guignard
Hello Salvatore, On Thu, 14 May 2009 19:25:46 +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: > Dear reader of debian-mentors, > > I read the following, following a discussion on debian-devel, which I > do not understand. > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 04:26:56PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > brian m. carls

Re: architecture wildcards, type-handling, etc.

2009-05-14 Thread Salvatore Bonaccorso
Dear reader of debian-mentors, I read the following, following a discussion on debian-devel, which I do not understand. On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 04:26:56PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > brian m. carlson (14/05/2009): > > I've worked on FTBFS-with-new-GCC bugs before, and realized only after > >

Re: architecture detection

2004-09-28 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On 20040927T192545-0400, Hubert Chan wrote: > In order to compile these properly, I need to detect what architecture > I am compiling under. What is the suggested/easiest/best/proper/Debian > way to do this? I assume what yuo really want to know is what architecture you are compiling _for_ instea

Re: architecture detection

2004-09-28 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On 20040927T192545-0400, Hubert Chan wrote: > In order to compile these properly, I need to detect what architecture > I am compiling under. What is the suggested/easiest/best/proper/Debian > way to do this? I assume what yuo really want to know is what architecture you are compiling _for_ instea

Re: architecture detection

2004-09-27 Thread Joe Nahmias
Hello Hubert, On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 09:32:50AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 07:25:45PM -0400, Hubert Chan wrote: > > I am compiling under. What is the suggested/easiest/best/proper/Debian > > way to do this? > > dpkg --print-architecture. Actually, I think the more p

Re: architecture detection

2004-09-27 Thread Joe Nahmias
Hello Hubert, On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 09:32:50AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 07:25:45PM -0400, Hubert Chan wrote: > > I am compiling under. What is the suggested/easiest/best/proper/Debian > > way to do this? > > dpkg --print-architecture. Actually, I think the more p

Re: architecture detection

2004-09-27 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 07:25:45PM -0400, Hubert Chan wrote: > I maintain the hashcash package. Recent upstream versions have > included optimized assembly routines for MMX (x86) and Altivec (PPC). > In order to compile these properly, I need to detect what architecture > I am compiling under. Wh

Re: architecture detection

2004-09-27 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 07:25:45PM -0400, Hubert Chan wrote: > I maintain the hashcash package. Recent upstream versions have > included optimized assembly routines for MMX (x86) and Altivec (PPC). > In order to compile these properly, I need to detect what architecture > I am compiling under. Wh

Re: Architecture-Independent MIME package entry and linda

2003-04-07 Thread Joshua Kwan
On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 01:13:02PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 02:58:16PM +0100, Pete Ryland wrote: > > > I get this same error with a .so symlink in a -dev package, which is clearly > > architecture-independent and definitely belongs in the -dev under /usr/lib/. > > Wh

Re: Architecture-Independent MIME package entry and linda

2003-04-07 Thread Pete Ryland
On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 01:13:02PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 02:58:16PM +0100, Pete Ryland wrote: > > I get this same error with a .so symlink in a -dev package, which is > > clearly architecture-independent and definitely belongs in the -dev > > under /usr/lib/. > > W

Re: Architecture-Independent MIME package entry and linda

2003-04-07 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 02:58:16PM +0100, Pete Ryland wrote: > I get this same error with a .so symlink in a -dev package, which is clearly > architecture-independent and definitely belongs in the -dev under /usr/lib/. What sort of -dev package is architecture-independent? These are supposed to

Re: Architecture-Independent MIME package entry and linda

2003-04-07 Thread Pete Ryland
On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 10:53:28AM +0800, Federico Sevilla III wrote: > While checking my package before sending it to my sponsor for uploading, > I got the following message from linda 0.2.8: > > E: zopeedit; File /usr/lib/mime/packages/zopeedit contained in > /usr/lib of Architecture: al

Re: Architecture in _changes file?

2002-08-24 Thread Devin Carraway
On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 01:12:00AM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > > Are arch-independent packages built sent to the buildd machines for > > every architecture, then? > > Of course not, why would they be? Er, originally I had it in mind that I'd seen per-arch changes files propagated into the package

Re: Architecture in _changes file?

2002-08-24 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 04:01:16PM -0700, Devin Carraway wrote: > > It just uses your build machine's architecture string, but it doesn't affect > > anything. You might as well replace the arch string with foo in the file > > name, it wouldn't make a difference, I don't think :) > > Are arch-indep

Re: Architecture in _changes file?

2002-08-24 Thread Devin Carraway
On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 12:07:04AM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > It just uses your build machine's architecture string, but it doesn't affect > anything. You might as well replace the arch string with foo in the file > name, it wouldn't make a difference, I don't think :) Are arch-independent packag

Re: Architecture in _changes file?

2002-08-24 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 02:49:31PM -0700, Devin Carraway wrote: > Something that's been vaguely prodding at me for a while -- when I build > an architecture-all package, the .deb produced is named > packagename_v-r_all.deb as I'd expect, but the build also makes a > packagename_v-r_{arch}.changes f

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 07:10:54PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > Hmmm. My package has actually been Architecture: any from the start. > Why'd you guys assume otherwise? Because it's surprising to ship files that are only needed on some architectures and not to use the normal mechanisms for handli

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 07:10:54PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > Hmmm. My package has actually been Architecture: any from the start. > Why'd you guys assume otherwise? Because it's surprising to ship files that are only needed on some architectures and not to use the normal mechanisms for handl

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-18 Thread Ian Zimmerman
itz> The package uses a generic name for one of its configuration itz> files. I want to create a symlink from the generic name to the itz> correct (architecture-dependent) one. Matt> So the package is architecture: all, but uses different Matt> configuration files for different architectures? W

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-18 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 11:49:24PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > Matt> Your question has already been answered, but why do you need > Matt> this information in a maintainer script? > > The package uses a generic name for one of its configuration files. I > want to create a symlink from the gener

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-18 Thread Ian Zimmerman
itz> The package uses a generic name for one of its configuration itz> files. I want to create a symlink from the generic name to the itz> correct (architecture-dependent) one. Matt> So the package is architecture: all, but uses different Matt> configuration files for different architectures?

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-18 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 11:49:24PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > Matt> Your question has already been answered, but why do you need > Matt> this information in a maintainer script? > > The package uses a generic name for one of its configuration files. I > want to create a symlink from the gene

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-18 Thread Geert Stappers
At 16:14 +0200 8/18/02, Ian Zimmerman wrote: >itz> The package uses a generic name for one of its configuration >itz> files. I >want to create a symlink from the generic name to the >itz> correct (architecture-dependent) one. > >Geert> Could you tell us that makes sence? Could you tell us t

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 07:14:18AM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > Colin> It makes perfect sense if the package he's talking about is > Colin> Architecture: all. > > Colin> Personally I might be inclined to make the package > Colin> Architecture: any in this case, though. > > I assume by this you m

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-18 Thread Ian Zimmerman
itz> The package uses a generic name for one of its configuration itz> files. I >want to create a symlink from the generic name to the itz> correct (architecture-dependent) one. Geert> Could you tell us that makes sence? Colin> It makes perfect sense if the package he's talking about is Colin>

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-18 Thread Geert Stappers
At 16:14 +0200 8/18/02, Ian Zimmerman wrote: >itz> The package uses a generic name for one of its configuration >itz> files. I >want to create a symlink from the generic name to the >itz> correct (architecture-dependent) one. > >Geert> Could you tell us that makes sence? Could you tell us

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 07:14:18AM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > Colin> It makes perfect sense if the package he's talking about is > Colin> Architecture: all. > > Colin> Personally I might be inclined to make the package > Colin> Architecture: any in this case, though. > > I assume by this you

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-18 Thread Ian Zimmerman
itz> The package uses a generic name for one of its configuration itz> files. I >want to create a symlink from the generic name to the itz> correct (architecture-dependent) one. Geert> Could you tell us that makes sence? Colin> It makes perfect sense if the package he's talking about is Colin>

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 11:02:44AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > At 8:49 +0200 8/18/02, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > >The package uses a generic name for one of its configuration files. I > >want to create a symlink from the generic name to the correct > >(architecture-dependent) one. > > Could you te

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-18 Thread Geert Stappers
At 8:49 +0200 8/18/02, Ian Zimmerman wrote: >itz> Hi, how can I easily determine the host architecture string in a >itz> maintainer script? dpkg-architecture is in the dpkg-dev package, >itz> which I obviously cannot depend on. I could massage the output >itz> of uname or arch, but that seems too

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 11:02:44AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > At 8:49 +0200 8/18/02, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > >The package uses a generic name for one of its configuration files. I > >want to create a symlink from the generic name to the correct > >(architecture-dependent) one. > > Could you t

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-18 Thread Ian Zimmerman
itz> Hi, how can I easily determine the host architecture string in a itz> maintainer script? dpkg-architecture is in the dpkg-dev package, itz> which I obviously cannot depend on. I could massage the output itz> of uname or arch, but that seems too ugly (and I don't even know itz> what all the

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-18 Thread Geert Stappers
At 8:49 +0200 8/18/02, Ian Zimmerman wrote: >itz> Hi, how can I easily determine the host architecture string in a >itz> maintainer script? dpkg-architecture is in the dpkg-dev package, >itz> which I obviously cannot depend on. I could massage the output >itz> of uname or arch, but that seems to

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-17 Thread Ian Zimmerman
itz> Hi, how can I easily determine the host architecture string in a itz> maintainer script? dpkg-architecture is in the dpkg-dev package, itz> which I obviously cannot depend on. I could massage the output itz> of uname or arch, but that seems too ugly (and I don't even know itz> what all the

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-17 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 04:28:53PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > Hi, how can I easily determine the host architecture string in a > maintainer script? dpkg-architecture is in the dpkg-dev package, which I > obviously cannot depend on. I could massage the output of uname or arch, > but that seems

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-17 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 04:28:53PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > Hi, how can I easily determine the host architecture string in a > maintainer script? dpkg-architecture is in the dpkg-dev package, which I > obviously cannot depend on. I could massage the output of uname or arch, > but that seem

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 04:28:53PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > Hi, how can I easily determine the host architecture string in a > maintainer script? 'dpkg --print-installation-architecture' should do it. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 04:28:53PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > Hi, how can I easily determine the host architecture string in a > maintainer script? 'dpkg --print-installation-architecture' should do it. -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Architecture

2001-08-01 Thread Abraham vd Merwe
Hi Robert! > > For instance, I have a package that can only build on the following > > architectures: > > > > i386 alpha arm powerpc sparc mips mipsel > > #104688 states that hppa has failed. How do you know that sh can't > build it, though? Or hurd-386[1]? Or an architecture that is not even >

Re: Architecture

2001-08-01 Thread Florian Weimer
Robert Bihlmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > #104688 states that hppa has failed. How do you know that sh can't > build it, though? Or hurd-386[1]? Or an architecture that is not even > known yet? The package in question is a libc implementation. I think in this case, it is reasonable to expec

Re: Architecture

2001-08-01 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Abraham vd Merwe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For instance, I have a package that can only build on the following > architectures: > > i386 alpha arm powerpc sparc mips mipsel #104688 states that hppa has failed. How do you know that sh can't build it, though? Or hurd-386[1]? Or an architecture

Re: Architecture

2001-08-01 Thread Abraham vd Merwe
Hi Robert! > > For instance, I have a package that can only build on the following > > architectures: > > > > i386 alpha arm powerpc sparc mips mipsel > > #104688 states that hppa has failed. How do you know that sh can't > build it, though? Or hurd-386[1]? Or an architecture that is not even >

Re: Architecture

2001-08-01 Thread Florian Weimer
Robert Bihlmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > #104688 states that hppa has failed. How do you know that sh can't > build it, though? Or hurd-386[1]? Or an architecture that is not even > known yet? The package in question is a libc implementation. I think in this case, it is reasonable to expe

Re: Architecture

2001-08-01 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Abraham vd Merwe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For instance, I have a package that can only build on the following > architectures: > > i386 alpha arm powerpc sparc mips mipsel #104688 states that hppa has failed. How do you know that sh can't build it, though? Or hurd-386[1]? Or an architectur

Re: Architecture

2001-08-01 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 06:45:16PM +0200, Abraham vd Merwe wrote: > Hi! > > How do I specify all the architectures a package can build on? For instance, > I have a package that can only build on the following architectures: > > i386 alpha arm powerpc sparc mips mipsel > > Now, first of all, I'm

Re: Architecture

2001-08-01 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 06:45:16PM +0200, Abraham vd Merwe wrote: > Hi! > > How do I specify all the architectures a package can build on? For instance, > I have a package that can only build on the following architectures: > > i386 alpha arm powerpc sparc mips mipsel > > Now, first of all, I'm

Re: Architecture: any

2000-09-12 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Take a look at dh_make, in the dh-make package, and debhelper, in the package >> of the same name. > >That helped. Thanks. Now I'm working on the control file. I notice >that jserv's control file sets the architecture to "an

Re: Architecture: any

2000-09-12 Thread Peter S Galbraith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Now I'm working on the control file. I notice > that jserv's control file sets the architecture to "any", even though > the deb-control man page only mentions architecture "all". Which should > I use? Use "any" if you are uploading an arch-spe

Re: Architecture: any

2000-09-12 Thread Adrian Bunk
On 12 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Take a look at dh_make, in the dh-make package, and debhelper, in the > > package > > of the same name. > > That helped. Thanks. Now I'm working on the control file. I notice > that jserv's control file sets the architecture to "any", even though >

Re: Architecture: any

2000-09-12 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Take a look at dh_make, in the dh-make package, and debhelper, in the package >> of the same name. > >That helped. Thanks. Now I'm working on the control file. I notice >that jserv's control file sets the architecture to "a

Re: Architecture: any

2000-09-12 Thread Peter S Galbraith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Now I'm working on the control file. I notice > that jserv's control file sets the architecture to "any", even though > the deb-control man page only mentions architecture "all". Which should > I use? Use "any" if you are uploading an arch-sp

Re: Architecture: any

2000-09-12 Thread Adrian Bunk
On 12 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Take a look at dh_make, in the dh-make package, and debhelper, in the package > > of the same name. > > That helped. Thanks. Now I'm working on the control file. I notice > that jserv's control file sets the architecture to "any", even though > the