Package: dpkg Severity: minor Version: 1.10.22 dpkg-architecture: warning: Unknown gcc system type i486-linux-gnu, falling back to default (native compilation) the default _is_ i486-linux-gnu, for gcc-3.4, on sparc it will be sparc64-linux-gnu and powerpc64-linux-gnu, although the code generated is for 32bit. and btw, why does it print i486-linux-gnu?