Re: dpkg, apt broken
On Sat, Nov 06, 1999 at 04:16:47PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> dpkg prints architecture 'i386'. apt uses architecture 'i386'. This
> is of course wrong :-) How can this be fixed?
apt is not ported yet, the available version number (1.9!) is a hint to this
fact.
dpkg --print-architecture is broken by design, as it is not specified in the
documentation. Should it be the cpu or the Debian port string? I never got
an answer from the dpkg developers. Use dpkg-architecture(1) in all cases
were you are tempted to use dpkg --print-architecture or any variant.
apt will be fixed by Brent and me. Please hold your breath or browse the
apt bug list (search for my name or "archtable").
Thanks,
Marcus
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