Re: Can linux-any arch and friends be used?

[Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>]

Andres Mejia <mcitadel@gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Felipe Sateler <fsateler@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I need to build-depend on a version of libc. Since they have different
>> names in different architectures, I used linux-any kfreebsd-any and
>> hurd-any to avoid spelling the entire list. However, lintian warned me
>> about that. Is it safe to use that (so a bug against lintian is
>> warranted)? Or should I list all arches?
>
> It's not defined in policy yet. See bug #530687.

We just had a similar issue (Architecture: linux-any) on irc yesterday
and the outcome was that linux-any will only work post squeeze because
the buildd need to grog that syntax too and run stable outside the
build chroot.

MfG
        Goswin