Package: base-files
Version: 7.10
Severity: wishlist
Looking at the content of this package, all of the files seem to be
arch-independent -- only text files or directories.
According to the changelog, this package was "arch all" in the beginning, but it
became "arch any" at some point, 15 years ago:
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base-files (2.1.13) unstable; urgency=low
* Made "Architecture: any" for /etc/motd to be os-dependant.
[ A binary-all-<os> scheme would simplify this ].
[...]
-- Santiago Vila <[email protected]> Tue, 21 Dec 1999 11:53:35 +0100
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I do not understand what makes (or could have made in the past) /etc/motd to
become arch-dependent, and there seem to be no other clues in the changelog or
in the archived bug reports.
I assume that there's probably a good reason for it that I cannot see, but
dropping this question/suggestion just in case that it is now possible to make
the package arch-all.
--
Manuel
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