On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 04:56:19PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > I agree with the other comments questioning the logic of this very > dependency. But also, I do not understand the argument above. > > What is wrong with [i386]?
It's not allowed in .debs, only in debian/control. dpkg doesn't support [arch], and it's not allowed by policy. > I seem to succesfully be able to use such construct with the lessdisks > package (which is also arch: All). /mirror/pool/main/l/lessdisks/lessdisks_0.5.3cvs.20040906-3_all.deb: (...) Package: lessdisks Version: 0.5.3cvs.20040906-3 Section: misc Priority: optional Architecture: all Depends: coreutils | shellutils (>= 2.0.11-11), wget, binutils, nfs-kernel-server | nfs-server, lessdisks-easydialog, debconf, debootstrap Recommends: dhcp3-server | dhcp, dialog, xdialog Suggests: lessdisks-doc, ssh, sdm, dnsmasq, etherboot Conflicts: lessdisks-terminal, lessdisks-xterminal, lessdisks-base, lessdisks-xbase, lessdisks-install Replaces: lessdisks-install Where? --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also for Jabber & MSN; ICQ: 33944357) http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl
