Hi,
On Mon, 16 May 2011, Guillem Jover wrote:
> > + The list may include (or consist solely of) the special
>
> This has switched from tabs to spaces.
This is due to a bad "vim" modeline. I fixed it as well. Looks like policy
editors mainly use emacs :)
> With those fixed, seconded.
Updated patch attached.
Cheers,
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diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 9b4a93e..0650306 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -2975,10 +2975,14 @@ Package: libc6
<p>
In the source package control file <file>.dsc</file>, this
- field may contain either the architecture
- wildcard <tt>any</tt> or a list of architectures and
- architecture wildcards separated by spaces. If a list is
- given, it may include (or consist solely of) the special
+ field contains a list of architectures and architecture
+ wildcards separated by spaces. When the list contains the
+ architecture wildcard <tt>any</tt>, the only other value
+ allowed in the list is <tt>all</tt>.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ The list may include (or consist solely of) the special
value <tt>all</tt>. In other words, in <file>.dsc</file>
files unlike the <file>debian/control</file>, <tt>all</tt> may
occur in combination with specific architectures.
@@ -2989,19 +2993,23 @@ Package: libc6
</p>
<p>
- Specifying <tt>any</tt> indicates that the source package
+ Specifying only <tt>any</tt> indicates that the source package
isn't dependent on any particular architecture and should
compile fine on any one. The produced binary package(s)
- will either be specific to whatever the current build
- architecture is or will be architecture-independent.
+ will be specific to whatever the current build architecture is.
</p>
<p>
Specifying only <tt>all</tt> indicates that the source package
- will only build architecture-independent packages. If this is
- the case, <tt>all</tt> must be used rather than <tt>any</tt>;
- <tt>any</tt> implies that the source package will build at
- least one architecture-dependent package.
+ will only build architecture-independent packages.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Specifying <tt>any all</tt> indicates that the source package
+ isn't dependent on any particular architecture. The set of
+ produced binary packages will include at least one
+ architecture-dependant package and one architecture-independent
+ package.
</p>
<p>
@@ -11272,4 +11280,4 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
<!-- Local variables: -->
<!-- indent-tabs-mode: t -->
<!-- End: -->
-<!-- vim:set ai et sts=2 sw=2 tw=76: -->
+<!-- vim:set ai sts=2 sw=2 tw=76: -->
