On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 02:46:52PM +0200, Albert van der Horst wrote: > > > Running a AMD architecture Debian I run programs built for i386 > > > without > > > giving it much thought. > > > > > > Is it sufficient if an i386 package builds and tests properly on an > > > AMD > > > buster, or is it mandatory to > > > install a i386 buster for testing? > > Most our packages work on all architectures. > > Sure but this question is about a package that is for one architecture only. > > Let me phrase it more bluntly. > I've a package for i386. 1) The reason is clear and unadvoidable. > Its source is i386 assembler. > > The question is: > > It will run on an AMD architecture too (as is confirmed by a test.) The architecture is called amd64. It's not about the CPU vendor. > and I want the package to be installable on an AMD architecture. > > Can/Should I add the architecture AMD in debian/control to achieve > this? Is this maybe unnecessary? If the package contains i386 binaries its architecture should be i386. i386 packages are installable on amd64 if dpkg is configured to do soo. -- WBR, wRAR
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