Bug#471870: lintian: Please add additional Debian architectures
Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> writes:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 1.23.46
> Severity: wishlist
>
> While building a new version of my package jamvm I noticed this lintian
> infomration line:
>
> I: jamvm source: non-standard-arch-in-source-relation kfreebsd-amd64 [build-depends: libffi4-dev [amd64 kfreebsd-amd64]]
>
> 'kfreebsd-amd64' is a normal but unofficial Debian architecture. lintian
> should in my opinion not complain about it.
You're probably correct, but the solution would be to drop this tag
entirely. This tag is warning about precisely that case -- the presence
of a normal but unofficial architecture.
It's on my list of pointless lintian tags to ask about getting rid of in
the next release.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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