Re: ppc64 not in any-powerpc ?

[Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>]

* Mathieu Malaterre <malat@debian.org>, 2014-09-12, 14:03:
> > > I could not find the answer anywhere. Why is arch:ppc64 not in the 
> > > `any-powerpc` definition ? I would have guessed arch:ppc64 to be very 
> > > close to arch:powerpc...
> > any means "any OS", not "any arches for this hardware"
> > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-customized-programs.html#s-arch-wildcard-spec

No, "any" means "it's confusing". :-P

> Thanks all.
>
> I got confused with `wine` package which was built on x32

Because any-amd64 matches x32. (I kid you not.)

> and powerpcspe,

Because any-powerpc matches powerpc.

> I guess those were forced by the uploaders.

I don't think so.

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Jakub Wilk