This is in reference to serious bug#511184. The mozart package can only be built for 32 bit architectures, so its arch line is:
Architecture: hppa i386 m68k mipsel mips powerpc sparc s390 arm armeb armel kfreebsd-i386 Its standard library (package mozart-stdlib) contains only architecture independent files, and its control file has: Package: mozart-stdlib Architecture: all Depends: mozart (>= 1.3.0) As bug 511184 points out mozart-stdlib is arch: all but uninstallable on (e.g.) amd64. I can't find clear guidance from the developer's reference or policy (apologies if I've overlooked this). I see three options: 1. Leave as is (its been like this for years and years). Not installing on amd64 is reasonable. 2. Change the Depends to a Recommends. But policy says: The Depends field should be used if the depended-on package is required for the depending package to provide a significant amount of functionality. 3. Change mozart-stdlib arch line to list the same architectures as mozart. yuk. extra load on the buildds for (very) little benefit. When new architectures get added to Debian (e.g. armel, armeb) I have to remember to adjust the mozart-stdlib too. Any suggestions? anything else? anywhere else I should be asking? (e.g. maybe on debian-release). Thanks for your help, Kevin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
