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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.

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


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