Re: Architecture in *.dsc files

2009-05-27 Thread Andres Mejia
On Wednesday 27 May 2009 00:04:19 Russ Allbery wrote: Jonathan Yu jonathan.i...@gmail.com writes: This is probably a stupid question, but... On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Russ Allbery r...@debian.org wrote: Currently, Policy's description of Architecture includes the statement:

reassign 530643 to dpkg, retitle 530643 to update-alternatives b0rkage?

2009-05-27 Thread Julien Cristau
reassign 530643 dpkg retitle 530643 update-alternatives b0rkage? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-dpkg-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Architecture in *.dsc files

2009-05-27 Thread Russ Allbery
Andres Mejia mcita...@gmail.com writes: Perhaps inclusive 'or' is meant here. That's the impression I get from reading this. Perhaps a footnote saying Here 'or' is meant inclusively should be added. Well, but that doesn't answer the more fundamental question. What does an Architecture

Re: Architecture in *.dsc files

2009-05-27 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 11:19 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: Well, but that doesn't answer the more fundamental question. What does an Architecture field like: i386 amd64 all in a *.dsc file mean? Currently, Policy is silent here. That the binary packages referenced by the .dsc file

Re: Architecture in *.dsc files

2009-05-27 Thread Andres Mejia
On Wednesday 27 May 2009 14:19:02 Russ Allbery wrote: Andres Mejia mcita...@gmail.com writes: Perhaps inclusive 'or' is meant here. That's the impression I get from reading this. Perhaps a footnote saying Here 'or' is meant inclusively should be added. Well, but that doesn't answer