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Re: Architecture: all versus linux-any



On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 07:53:32PM +0100, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> Hello List,

> I am maintaining a package, FireHOL not to name it, which basically
> contains bash sources. So it Architecture was set up to all by one of
> my predecessor. Meanwhile, kfreebsd support emerged.
> As FireHOL is meant to manage iptables, it is de facto meant for linux:
> http://qa.debian.org/debcheck.php?dist=unstable&package=firehol (bottom)
> Therefore, may I restrict Architecture to linux-any ?

You *may* do so, but why bother?  The package already depends on the
architecture-dependent iptables, and is therefore uninstallable on kfreebsd. 
So there doesn't seem to be any harm to having the package be Architecture:
all.

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