Re: xfree86-driver-synaptics blocked by xserver-xfree86 on s390
On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 04:14:07PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 11:51:03AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
[...]
> > It doesn't matter what the source package says anyway. In order to get
> > s390 to stop building it, you need to get it added to
> > Packages-arch-specific.
>
> That is not completely correct.
>
> Using 'Architecture: [!s390]' accomplishes some things:
>
> * no accidental (manual?) build on s390.
> * the autobuilders will not *successfully* build it. (The buildlog
> will say something like 's390 not in list of supported archs')
> * it serves for documentation.
>
> An (additional) entry in Packages-Arch-Specific is just cleaner and
> nicer, because the buildd will not even /try/ to build the package.
I based my assumption on the fact that xserver-xfree86 has
'Architecture: any' and an entry in Packages-arch-specific.
I'm a little confused now.
> And all this is orthogonal to the requirement that the existing s390
> binaries in archive need to *also* be removed, using a bug-report
> against ftp.debian.org.
fine, I'll submit the bug asap
--
mattia
:wq!
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