On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Joachim Breitner <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Am Mittwoch, den 28.01.2009, 06:55 +0000 schrieb Magnus Therning: >> Just thought I'd report that ghc6-6.10.1+dfsg1 seems to build nicely on >> amd64. > > Good to hear. [..] >> dpkg-gencontrol: warning: unknown substitution variable ${misc:Depends} >> dpkg-gencontrol: warning: unknown substitution variable ${misc:Depends} >> dpkg-gencontrol: warning: unknown substitution variable ${misc:Depends} > > misc:Depends is a substitution variable that is usually filled by some > of the dh_* scripts in debian/rules. I think this warning just means > that no script added something there, and can probably be ignored.
Then that is a confusing error message, to me it sounds more like the control file contains a variable that is unknown to any of the dh_* scripts run by debian/rules. Still pretty minor though. >> There still doesn't seem to be a package for amd64 in experimental, >> which confuses me. Where can I find out more about how experimental >> works. >> How come there's uncertainty for building on all platforms reported by >> the buildsystem[2]? > > I'm a bit surprised about this as well. I guess you can ask on > #debian-devel on OFTC, or as at [email protected]. If you > do, please tell me what you find out :-) I've sent an email, I'll report if I get any answers. >> Am I right in assuming that PTS[1] is the place to keep track of >> progress? > > Yes, besides binNMUs, they are not reflected there. However, binNMUs would turn up in my repo files anyway, so combining aptitude and PTS will give me the full picture, right? /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
