Re: Packaging _still_ wasteful for many large packages
In article <[🔎] 1076980265.40316a29274ed@www.linuxops.net> you write:
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> 6233996 17700 17680 99 pool/main/r/rhyme/rhyme_0.9-3_alpha.deb
> 6379374 15760 15748 99 pool/main/r/rhyme/rhyme_0.9-3_arm.deb
> 6442732 15764 15748 99 pool/main/r/rhyme/rhyme_0.9-3_hppa.deb
> 6290182 15688 15676 99 pool/main/r/rhyme/rhyme_0.9-3_hurd-i386.deb
> 6379376 15760 15748 99 pool/main/r/rhyme/rhyme_0.9-3_i386.deb
> 6170132 17856 17828 99 pool/main/r/rhyme/rhyme_0.9-3_ia64.deb
> 6441090 15760 15748 99 pool/main/r/rhyme/rhyme_0.9-3_m68k.deb
> 6442940 15772 15748 99 pool/main/r/rhyme/rhyme_0.9-3_mips.deb
> 6381082 15772 15748 99 pool/main/r/rhyme/rhyme_0.9-3_mipsel.deb
> 6443174 15768 15748 99 pool/main/r/rhyme/rhyme_0.9-3_powerpc.deb
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>I maintain rhyme. The GDBM files rhyme uses (apparently) aren't actualy cross
>platform, so probably should NOT go in /usr/share. I have to admit to not
>having tested this. (yes, remiss of me)
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>When I have time (will be two or three weeks at least) I'll build it for all
>available architectures I have accounts for as a split package and see how it
>does. If it turns out that they are truly not platform independent then I'll
>have to find somewhere else to put them. Does anyone have any suggestions?
>/usr/lib/rhyme perhaps?
If they are specific, then yes /usr/lib/rhyme would be best.
>If they aren't architecture specific then I will split them into a seperate
>arch-all package.
Sounds good to me.
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>In this case, you are quite correct, it IS a bug. My apologies for not having
>noticed it earlier.
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>Please do file a report about it.
Expect one shortly.
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