Hi! Please have a look at this patch I just sent to dpkg maintainers:
http://people.debian.org/~rmh/patches/dpkg.diff This should address all the concerns porters have had with limitations in dpkg architecture handling during the past few years. I've tested it extensively (tried _every_ combination I can concieve), but more testing is welcome of course. Independently on wether the dpkg maintainer accepts to apply it to experimental branch currently, we'll have to send a proposal to ammend Policy. I'm looking for Debian developers to second me on this. Please let me know if this is the case. Quoting from the patch header: With this patch, dpkg understands the following syntax for debian/control (while maintaining full backwards compatibility). Some examples: Build-Depends: bin86 [cpu: i386] ..where "bin86" is required only on _cpu_ i386 with any kernel (unlike [i386] which silently implies linux). Build-Depends: kernel-headers-2.4 [system: linux] ..where "kernel-headers-2.4" is required only on linux-gnu systems, on any cpu. Analogously, the "Architecture" field is split. Some examples: Package: grub Cpu: i386 System: any Package: modutils Cpu: any System: linux -- .''`. Proudly running Debian GNU/kFreeBSD unstable/unreleased (on UFS2+S) : :' : `. `' http://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
