This one time, at band camp, Goswin von Brederlow said: > 1) How to specify an arch in sources.list? Don't. Specify it in apt.conf > Suggestion: > deb [arch=i386,amd64] http://ftp.debian.org sid main APT::Arches "i386,amd64" Or something. > 2) How to specify a package including the architecture? > > Suggestions: > > Depends: foobar/i386 > Conflicts: foobar [i386] > Replaces: i386-foobar > Suggests: foobar=amd64 Eww. What's the matter with debs and the tools knowing a package is i386, and making the assumption that all it's dependencies are i386? Put another way, I can't think of a valid use for an amd64 binary depending on a ppc32 binary. > apt-get install amd64/foobar Fine. Or maybe --arch amd64. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : sgran@debian.org | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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