On 02/27/2016 05:18 PM, Steven Chamberlain wrote: >> I have a question here: package A build-depends on libB. A has >> Arch: any or Arch: linux-any in debian/control. libB OTOH only >> has e.g. Arch: amd64 i386 mips in it's control file. > > Concrete example: > https://bugs.debian.org/811554 While this is a slightly different example to what I was talking about, I would strongly advise not to keep two copies of the architecture list around (one in debian/control, the other in debian/rules): you can easily modify one list and forget to modify the other. This has happened before in other contexts unrelated to my question, see e.g. <https://bugs.debian.org/784092>. >> Disadvantage: listed as BD-Uninstallable on multiple >> architectures where libB isn't built > > I think that is not a problem, unless the package has built before in > sid and is now out-of-date. Ok, thanks. Regards, Christian
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