Package: general Severity: normal Currently none of the Linux-based dpkg architecture names are using the corresponding "linux-" prefix. This is unconsistent with non-Linux dpkg architectures like "hurd-i386" or "kfreebsd-i386". In fact, it is the source of an endless number of bugs since maintainers tend to assume "i386" means i386, but ignore that "i386" actualy means Linux with i386. Unfortunately, fixing the problem for existing arches is unviable in the short term. We can, however, prevent new arches from duplicating it. Therefore, I intend to inform the maintainers of new ports and the maintainers of dpkg to ensure they're aware of the problem. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: kfreebsd-i386 (i386) Kernel: GNU/kFreeBSD 5.2.1-6 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
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