Re: dpkg --print-installation-architecture, minimal version
On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 03:40:20AM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > First let me point out that this is _not_ a substitute for
> > --print-installation-architecture. There is _no_ substitute for it, because
> > the string is hardcoded in the dpkg binary.
>
> Now let me remind you that I cannot run dpkg or anything else that is in
> /usr, since the whole point of this exercise is to be able to rebuild
> conf.modules when you a system is really broken, and that includes not
> having /usr around.
Well, the trick is that you don't want install-architecture but the CPU on
linux versions, so this is okay. (install-architecture is a string which
does only reflect the CPU by "coincidence", as it is a Debian internal
string, which is only by convention related to the CPU)
> > "modutils" is currently on my list of packages which will not be
> > ported to the Hurd anytime soon.
>
> Sounds reasonable. That raises the point that we will probably need an
> OperatingSystem or Kernel field in debian/control as well in the future,
> so we can mark packages Linux or HURD specific.
Right! Let me add this on the list...
OperatingSystem: any|all|linux|hurd
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