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Bug#793493: debian-policy: Update dpkg-architecture flags information



On Sat, 31 Dec 2016, Russ Allbery wrote:
> These all look good to me.  Seconded (and quoted below for the convenience
> of others who may want to review and second).

Seconded.

> 
> > From 0bc030c417adfa7ca50944c918101dd9ce62bebb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
> > Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 17:17:58 +0200
> > Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update information about DEB_TARGET_* variables
> 
> > These are used to support building cross-compilers. Introduced in
> > dpkg 1.17.14.
> > ---
> >  policy.sgml | 16 ++++++++++++----
> >  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
> > index 404dc73..72a2505 100644
> > --- a/policy.sgml
> > +++ b/policy.sgml
> > @@ -2175,9 +2175,16 @@ zope.
> >  	  the architecture on which <file>debian/rules</file> is run and
> >  	  the package build is performed.  The host architecture is the
> >  	  architecture on which the resulting package will be installed
> > -	  and run.  These are normally the same, but may be different in
> > +	  and run.  The target architecture is the architecture of the
> > +	  packages that the compiler currently being built will generate.
> > +	  These are normally the same, but may be different in
> >  	  the case of cross-compilation (building packages for one
> > -	  architecture on machines of a different architecture).
> > +	  architecture on machines of a different architecture), building a
> > +	  cross-compiler (a compiler package that will generate objects for
> > +	  one architecture, built on a machine of a different architecture)
> > +	  or a Canadian cross-compiler (a compiler that will generate
> > +	  objects for one architecture, built on a machine of a different
> > +	  architecture, that will run on yet a different architecture).
> >  	</p>
> >  
> >  	<p>
> > @@ -2205,8 +2212,9 @@ zope.
> >  		<tt>DEB_*_GNU_TYPE</tt>)
> >  	  </list>
> >  	  where <tt>*</tt> is either <tt>BUILD</tt> for specification of
> > -	  the build architecture or <tt>HOST</tt> for specification of the
> > -	  host architecture.
> > +	  the build architecture, <tt>HOST</tt> for specification of the
> > +	  host architecture or <tt>TARGET</tt> for specification of the
> > +	  target architecture.
> >  	</p>
> >  
> >  	<p>
> > -- 
> > 2.5.0.rc2.392.g76e840b
> 
> 
> > From 70aaad841a5067db2737ea658532eb92d9376888 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
> > Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 17:19:06 +0200
> > Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update information about DEB_*_ARCH_* variables
> 
> > Mention DEB_*_ARCH_BITS and DEB_*_ARCH_ENDIAN. Introduced in dpkg 1.15.4.
> > ---
> >  policy.sgml | 6 ++++++
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
> > index 72a2505..b7f0464 100644
> > --- a/policy.sgml
> > +++ b/policy.sgml
> > @@ -2197,6 +2197,12 @@ zope.
> >  		<tt>DEB_*_ARCH_CPU</tt> (the Debian CPU name)
> >  	    </item>
> >  	    <item>
> > +		<tt>DEB_*_ARCH_BITS</tt> (the Debian CPU pointer size in bits)
> > +	    </item>
> > +	    <item>
> > +		<tt>DEB_*_ARCH_ENDIAN</tt> (the Debian CPU endianness)
> > +	    </item>
> > +	    <item>
> >  		<tt>DEB_*_ARCH_OS</tt> (the Debian System name)
> >  	    </item>
> >  	    <item>
> > -- 
> > 2.5.0.rc2.392.g76e840b
> 
> -- 
> Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
> 

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