Hi, On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 04:11:54PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > The debian/control file in collectd uses a negated list of architectures > to specify a package relationship (most likely Build-Depends) on a > Linux-specific package. I.e. something like: > > Build-Depends: libfoo-dev [!kfreebsd-i386 !kfreebsd-amd64 !hurd-i386] > > This is problematic because it will fail for any future kfreebsd-* or hurd-* > architecture (like the upcoming kfreebsd-mipsel port). The correct way > would be to use dpkg architecture wildcards, e.g.: > > Build-Depends: libfoo-dev [linux-any]
Thanks for reporting this. I would like to fix that, however, I also use stuff like [!hppa !kfreebsd-i386 !kfreebsd-amd64]. Do you know if "linux-any" may be combined with "!<arch>", meaning any Linux arch but not <arch>? Is there also something like kfreebsd-any and hurd-any? Then I'd rather go for [!<foo> !<bar> !kfreebsd-any !hurd-any]. Anything from your POV that would oppose that approach? TIA, Sebastian -- Sebastian "tokkee" Harl +++ GnuPG-ID: 0x8501C7FC +++ http://tokkee.org/ Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin
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