Bug#163666: debian-policy: Unclear result with [arch] and |

[Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>]

Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> writes:

> On Sun, 25 Jan 2009, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> +         If the architecture-restricted dependency is part of a set of
>> +         alternatives using <tt>|</tt>, that branch of the alternative is
>> +         ignored completely on architectures that do not match the
>> +         restriction.  For example:
>> +         <example compact="compact">
>> +Build-Depends: foo [!i386] | bar [!amd64]
>> +         </example>
>> +         is equivalent to <tt>bar</tt> on the i386 architecture, to
>> +         <tt>foo</tt> on the amd64 architecture, and to <tt>foo |
>> +         bar</tt> on all other architectures.
>
> The "branch" part is slightly confusing; I think you want "that
> alternative". [Otherwise it makes it sound like foo [!i386] | bar
> [!amd64] should be treated like foo on everything not i386 or bar on
> everything not i386/amd64; you have to read the example to figure out
> exactly what is meant.]

Good call.  Updated.

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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>