Erick Branderhorst writes ("Architecture field"):
> Am I right that an architecture field must be included in the new packages?
> dpkg --build is barking if this field is absent.
Invoke dpkg --print-architecture and substitute it into the field.
See the new hello package.
> What should it be on an intel machine: i386 / i486 / i586 or doesn't this matter?
i386.
Ian.