Re: Different descriptions on different architectures for same package with same version in Lenny
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> wrote:
> # SELECT package, version, architecture, description from packages
> where package = 'openjdk-6-jre' and version = '6b11-9.1'
> and distribution = 'debian' and release = 'lenny' and component = 'main';
> package | version | architecture | description
> ---------------+----------+--------------+------------------------------------------
> openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | alpha | OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot Zero
> openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | amd64 | OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT
> openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | armel | OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot Zero
> openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | i386 | OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT
> openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | ia64 | OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot Zero
> openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | mips | OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot Zero
> openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | mipsel | OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot Zero
> openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | powerpc | OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot Zero
> openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | s390 | OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot Zero
> openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | sparc | OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT
> (10 rows)
>
> I really wonder how we might get different descriptions if the packages
> are supposed to come from the same source package.
>
> Any reasonable explanation for this?
The package is built with a different VM on different architectures, so
the rules file[0] changes the control file[1] to reflect that.
[0] - http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~openjdk/openjdk/openjdk6/annotate/head:/rules
[1] - http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~openjdk/openjdk/openjdk6/annotate/head:/control
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James
GPG Key: 1024D/61326D40 2003-09-02 James Vega <jamessan@debian.org>
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