Bug#45599: dpkg: Fails to compile on Alpha

[Matthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org>]

>>>>> "John" == John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> writes:

    John> Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.1.9 Severity: important

    John> This package refuses to build on Alpha.  The error message
    John> is:

    John> checking system architecture... configure: error: failed:
    John> use --with-arch= or --target= make: ***
    John> [/home/buildd/build/dpkg-1.4.1.9/debian/build/config.status]
    John> Error 1

That looks to me like you need an appropriate --with-arch or --target
line. Did you try either?

Matthew

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