+++ Nico Schlömer [2014-10-10 14:06 +0200]: > Hi all, > > a quick question about architecture restrictions in `debian/control`. > > I have a large tarball which I configure and compile, and then break > up into a number of Debian packages (similar to boost). Unfortunately, > one of the components doesn't compile on 32-bit architectures, which > means that the entire tarball build fails on 32-bit archs. > Now, like I said, `debian/control` lists a number of packages, complete with > ``` > Package: libmyproject-subpackage-7 > Architecture: any > Section: libs > [...] > ``` > Restricting the architecture to > ``` > Package: libmyproject-badsubpackage-7 > Architecture: amd64 > ``` > only for that one subpackage doesn't cut it. Where do place the > restriction though?
You need to restrict it to all the 64-bit arches. And maintain this over time as the list changes. I'm not aware of a more automatic way. Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Emdebian, Wookware, Balloonboard, ARM http://wookware.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

