Different package sizes on amd64 and (cross)i386

[Nicolas Joseph <nicolas.joseph@valaide.org>]

Hello,

I try to build a package for i386 and amd64. I cross-build the i386 package with
the recommendation of the FAQ: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianAMD64Faq#line-95 but
independent architecture packages (common.dev, dev.dev and debian.tar.gz) are
a different size.

The content is the same, it's propably the compression, better on i386.

Here the content of the .change file:

 * for amd64
Files:
 a48bee53376b85ccc39a1d9b83d6d2d3 913 devel optional valide_0.7.0-1.dsc
 13c01d12262341f3a5e5bf671e5bb33a 1496411 devel optional
valide_0.7.0.orig.tar.gz
 5549ed7846ab9b8deb885d4b3d21cae7 5055 devel optional
valide_0.7.0-1.debian.tar.gz
 d2e0fc0686f167cec0143611d81be0d4 641460 devel optional valide_0.7.0-1_amd64.deb
 146b7a571e4c9d1c428c8a62354670c9 253824 devel optional
valide-common_0.7.0-1_all.deb
 2844a0b72a69306bb8cf8225401dae42 49228 devel optional
valide-dev_0.7.0-1_all.deb
 866cd83f20fced4ea4a796fab6ec2ab1 6544620 debug extra
valide-dbg_0.7.0-1_amd64.deb

 * for i386
Files:
 e7f66dce3107b0c337d1837607133820 913 devel optional valide_0.7.0-1.dsc
 13c01d12262341f3a5e5bf671e5bb33a 1496411 devel optional
valide_0.7.0.orig.tar.gz
 37861bf8bb9d52e089f7fe68614cb1e6 5054 devel optional
valide_0.7.0-1.debian.tar.gz
 86c0106ebb461a328cf2bd3dde72b3f9 551350 devel optional valide_0.7.0-1_i386.deb
 0a1c4d48123986d472e60e61c6d12818 253840 devel optional
valide-common_0.7.0-1_all.deb
 8a883165f0fe37e03258c9ff46f8dda1 49234 devel optional
valide-dev_0.7.0-1_all.deb
 832ae60a005d5276c5aa0ab21da861ba 6547974 debug extra
valide-dbg_0.7.0-1_i386.deb


Have you an idea?

Thank's in advance.
--
Nicolas Joseph