Bug#217014: apt-utils: [apt-ftparchive] add Architecture filter support
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Guillem Jover wrote:
> > With a pool it is expected that some other program will make the
> > selections as to which package goes into which packagefile via the
> > FileList setting. This is better because it doesn't have to scan the .debs
> > to determine the architecture.
>
> Yes for the distribution I'll have to do that, scan for .changes files.
> But the debs have to be scanned anyway to process the Overrides for
> example.
If it scans a .deb to determine the architecture and determines that it is
the wrong architecture then it has wasted all that work. It is a big slow
down on anything that is not of trivial size. Much better to use find/etc
Jason
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