Bug#87828: marked as done ([ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing Build-Depends arch syntax)
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From: Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>
To: Debian bug reports <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: [PROPOSAL] Deprecate confusing Build-Depends arch syntax
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Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.5.2.0
Severity: wishlist
I would like to deprecate one very confusing part of the Build-Depends
et al syntax. Currently, policy says (section 7.1):
All fields that specify build-time relationships (`Build-Depends',
`Build-Depends-Indep', `Build-Conflicts' and `Build-Conflicts-Indep')
may be restricted to a certain set of architectures. This is done in
brackets after each individual package name and the optional version
specification. The brackets enclose a list of Debian architecture
- names separated by whitespace. An exclamation mark may be prepended
- to each name. If the current Debian host architecture is not in this
list and there are no exclamation marks in the list, or it is in the
list with a prepended exclamation mark, the package name and the
associated version specification are ignored completely for the
purposes of defining the relationships.
This allows things like [!i386 m68k], which is equivalent to [!i386]
but is just plain confusing. So I'd like to deprecate this and allow
only [arch1 arch2 arch3 ...] or [!arch1 !arch2 !arch3 ...]. The
wording will become:
All fields that specify build-time relationships (`Build-Depends',
`Build-Depends-Indep', `Build-Conflicts' and `Build-Conflicts-Indep')
may be restricted to a certain set of architectures. This is done in
brackets after each individual package name and the optional version
specification. The brackets enclose a list of Debian architecture
+ names separated by whitespace. Exclamation marks may be prepended
+ to all of the names. (It is not permitted for some names to be
+ prepended with exclamation marks and others not.) If the current
+ Debian host architecture is not in this
list and there are no exclamation marks in the list, or it is in the
list with a prepended exclamation mark, the package name and the
associated version specification are ignored completely for the
purposes of defining the relationships.
And just to let people know, there are precisely zero packages in
unstable which will be affected by this change.
Julian
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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 17:24:21 +0100
From: Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>
To: 86507-done@bugs.debian.org, 87007-done@bugs.debian.org,
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Subject: Bugs closed: debian-policy_3.5.3.0_i386.changes INSTALLED
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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 08:10:16 -0400
From: Debian Installer <installer@ftp-master.debian.org>
Subject: debian-policy_3.5.3.0_i386.changes INSTALLED
To: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>,
Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Installing:
fhs.txt byhand
fhs-2.1.html.tar.gz byhand
policy.txt.gz byhand
menu-policy.txt.gz byhand
mime-policy.txt.gz byhand
virtual-package-names-list.txt byhand
policy.pdf.gz byhand
policy.html.tar.gz byhand
libc6-migration.txt byhand
debian-policy_3.5.3.0_all.deb
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.5.3.0_all.deb
debconf_specification.txt.gz byhand
policy.ps.gz byhand
debian-policy_3.5.3.0.dsc
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.5.3.0.dsc
debian-policy_3.5.3.0.tar.gz
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.5.3.0.tar.gz
Changes: debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
* Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
* Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
package for the time being
* Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
* Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
* Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
* Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
* Correct typos etc. in policy-process
* Rename all .text files as .txt
* Fixed the to to typo in policy. closes: Bug#87007
* Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
* [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
Build-Depends arch syntax
* [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
configuration files
* Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
version.
Announcing to debian-devel-changes@lists.debian.org
Setting bugs to severity fixed: 86507 87007 87711 87828 88651 88788 91276 93047 93620 93705
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