Bug#87828: PROPOSAL] Deprecate confusing Build-Depends arch syntax

2001-03-07 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 11:43:31PM +, Julian Gilbey wrote: > Currently, policy says (section 7.1): [...] > -names separated by whitespace. An exclamation mark may be prepended > -to each name. If the current Debian host architecture is not in this [...] > +names separated by white

Bug#87828: PROPOSAL] Deprecate confusing Build-Depends arch syntax

2001-02-28 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On 20010226T234331+, Julian Gilbey wrote: > This allows things like [!i386 m68k], which is equivalent to [!i386] > but is just plain confusing. So I'd like to deprecate this and allow > only [arch1 arch2 arch3 ...] or [!arch1 !arch2 !arch3 ...]. The > wording will become: Seconded. -- %%%

Bug#87828: [PROPOSAL] Deprecate confusing Build-Depends arch syntax

2001-02-27 Thread Julian Gilbey
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.2.0 Severity: wishlist I would like to deprecate one very confusing part of the Build-Depends et al syntax. Currently, policy says (section 7.1): All fields that specify build-time relationships (`Build-Depends', `Build-Depends-Indep', `Build-Conflic