On Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 04:54:54PM +0200, Pontus Lidman wrote: > Shouldn't dpkg print hurd-i386? Is there a newer version? In that case, > where?
No. If you think long enough about it, --print-architecture becomes irritating anbd does not serve a well defined purpose. Indeed, nobody I asked could tell me what it means. Both "--print-installation-architure" and "--print-gnu-build-os-architecture" have a well defined meaning, but only the first is useful (prints "hurd-i386" on the Hurd). The second does only reveal the GNU Host CPU, and not the full system type. Hence it prints "i386" on i386-linux *and* i386-gnu. To fix this silly situation, I designed and implemented the dpkg-architecture tool. Try "dpkg-architeture" without options on the HUrd and under Linux, and you will see what I mean. dpkg-architeture gives complete control over the build and host architecture. "dpkg --print-architecture" is therefore obsoleted and deprecated. I am fighting hard to get rid of it in all the build scripts :) > fps:~# dpkg --print-architecture > dpkg: warning, architecture `i386' not in remapping table > i386 Well, I could change dpkg to print something else, but there is no sensible default. It is a sad fact that the meaning of "--print-architecture" is nowhere precisely defined. (Neither in the source nor in the policy manual nor in the dpkg docs). My dpkg-architecture OTOH provides a well defined interface to the system architecture. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/gnu/hurd/release$ dpkg-architecture DEB_BUILD_ARCH=i386 DEB_BUILD_GNU_CPU=i386 DEB_BUILD_GNU_SYSTEM=linux DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE=i386-linux DEB_HOST_ARCH=i386 DEB_HOST_GNU_CPU=i386 DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM=linux DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE=i386-linux For cross compilation: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/gnu/hurd/release$ CC=i386-gnu-gcc dpkg-architecture DEB_BUILD_ARCH=i386 DEB_BUILD_GNU_CPU=i386 DEB_BUILD_GNU_SYSTEM=linux DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE=i386-linux DEB_HOST_ARCH=hurd-i386 DEB_HOST_GNU_CPU=i386 DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM=gnu DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE=i386-gnu Cheers, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
