Bug#585767: Dependencies on linux-gnu or not+linux-gnu do not match armel or powerpcspe correctly

[Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>]

On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 02:04:35PM -0400, Kyle Moffett wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.15.7.2
> Severity: important
> User: debian-powerpcspe@breakpoint.cc
> Usertags: powerpcspe
> 
> I'm actually a little unsure if this is a dpkg bug or a package bug, but
> I have had build failures from several packages which have Build-Depends
> like the following: (trimmed example from the gvfs-1.6.2-1 source package)
> 
>   libudev-dev (>= 0.139) | not+linux-gnu,
>   libfuse-dev | hurd,
>   libhal-dev (>= 0.5.10) | linux-gnu,
>   libgdu-dev (>= 2.29.0) | not+linux-gnu,
>   libgudev-1.0-dev (>= 001) | not+linux-gnu,
>   libbluetooth-dev (>= 4.0) | not+linux-gnu,
>   libimobiledevice-dev (>= 0.9.7) | hurd
> 
> Unfortunately it seems like the "powerpcspe" and "armel" architectures
> do not provide the virtual packages "linux-gnu" and they do provide the
> virtual package "not+linux-gnu", although if I change those deps to
> "linux" and "not+linux" then they behave as expected.
> 

I don't think it's a bug. The system type on those architectures is
"linux-gnuspe" or "linux-gnueabi", not "linux-gnu". If you only want to
match on the OS, you should use the "linux" and "not+linux" instead.

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