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Re: dpkg multiple arch support (Re: RFC: pentium optimized debian)



On Sun, Jul 26, 1998 at 04:08:47PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> > > Make /etc/dpkg/arch be a conffile for dpkg. If it is not present, dpkg
> > > behaves exactly as it does now. The contents of the file would look
> > > something like:
> > > 
> > > i386: i386 pentium all
> > > m68k: m68k all
> > > powerpc: powerpc all
> > > sparc: sparc all
> > 
> > i386: i386 all
> > m68k: m69k all
> > powerpc: powerpc all
> > sparc: sparc all
> > pentium: pentium, i386, all
> > 
> > Then you just set your arch as you want it to be set somewhere..  Does that
> > make sense?
> 
> I don't think there's a significant difference except your way would make
> dpkg a bit more complicated becuase it would need to read yet another
> conffile to get the architecture.

Thing is, you may not WANT pentium packages...  How do you deal with that,
or did I miss something?

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