On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 01:50:32PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > > > There is currently one package in the Debian archive (pixfrogger) that > > > declares "Build-Indep-Architecture: i386" in its .dsc because, even > > > though it builds an architecture-independent binary package, building it > > > requires a package that's only available on 32-bit architectures. > > *That* is really helpful as it provides a generic solution for my > > problem: The maintainer can provide an architecture hint for any > > rebuilder. Is there a more formal specification around? I understand > > the comment in the diff[0] the header may carry a list of > > architectures, not just just a single one. That's the right thing. > > [0] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~launchpad-pqm/launchpad/stable/revision/17338/lib/lp/soyuz/tests/test_build_set.py > I don't know. CCing William and Steve since maybe they do. I don't have links to any more formal specification, sorry - I just used the field as Adam and William told me it would work :) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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