Re: [PATCH] bug530687-srivasta: Support for architecture wildcards
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> writes:
> @@ -2739,13 +2744,14 @@ Package: libc6
> In the main <file>debian/control</file> file in the source
> package, this field may contain the special value
> <tt>any</tt>, the special value <tt>all</tt>, or a list of
> - architectures separated by spaces. If <tt>any</tt> or
> - <tt>all</tt> appear, they must be the entire contents of the
> - field. Most packages will use either <tt>any</tt> or
> - <tt>all</tt>. Specifying a specific list of architectures is
> - for the minority of cases where a program is not portable or
> - is not useful on some architectures, and where possible the
> - program should be made portable instead.
> + specific and wildcard architectures separated by
> + spaces. If the special value <tt>any</tt> appears, it must
> + be the entire contents of the field. Most packages will
> + use either <tt>any</tt> or <tt>all</tt>. Specifying a
> + specific list of architectures is for the minority of
> + cases where a program is not portable or is not useful on
> + some architectures, and where possible the program should
> + be made portable instead.
> </p>
>
> <p>
This still removes the statement that if <tt>all</tt> is present, it must
be the entire contents of the field, which I believe is still the case in
this context. I'd like to keep that provision.
Otherwise seconded.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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