Bug#514249: Does dpkg-cross still need to support the -dcv1 compatibility packages?
Package: dpkg-cross
Version: 2.3.0.1
Severity: wishlist
dpkg-cross introduced -dcv1 packages for compatibility with older
installations, ooh, quite a some time ago now. Something to do with
changing formats. Is this code still actually useful (i.e is anyone
still using a system with bits on so old that this stuff helps), or
should we just drop it now?
Needs a bit of research to remind ourselves of the issue.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (300, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages dpkg-cross depends on:
ii binutils-multiarch 2.18.1~cvs20080103-7 Binary utilities that support mult
ii debconf [debconf-2. 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg-dev 1.14.24 Debian package development tools
ii libdebian-dpkgcross 2.3.0.1 functions to aid cross-compiling D
ii perl 5.10.0-19 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
Versions of packages dpkg-cross recommends:
ii fakeroot 1.11 Gives a fake root environment
dpkg-cross suggests no packages.
-- debconf information excluded
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