On Tue, 25 May 2010 20:29:48 +0200 David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies+debian@gmail.com> wrote: (thanks for the cc, i forgot to request it). > Hi Karl, Hi, sorry about the delay replying. > 2010/5/24 Karl Goetz <karl@kgoetz.id.au>: > > I have two questions I hope someone can help with. I can provide > > more details if required. I'd like to say up front I /have/ > > attempted to read the documentation, and yes, I've tried to provide > > patches where it seemed wrong [1]. > > thanks for your try. It was not unnoticed, just until now uncomment, > as i have myself no direct interest in apt-ftparchive and > unfortunately nobody else feels responsible at all most of the > time… :/ Not attempting to guilt trip - sorry if it came across that way. > Most of your changes are okay on first glance, some can't be chanced > easily (e.g. the default for config variables) but i will give it a > closer look later. > > > == How can i get Packages/Contents files only containing the > > specific architectures data? == > > I suspect you are working with the lenny version? yup. sorry, should have been more specific in the OP. > If i am right dak uses a file list to achieve it, but the behavior you > see is the default - i think it can be changed with a Filename Pattern > in the settings, but i would need to look that up and i am short on > time currently… Strange default. It may not be worth finding the cause and documenting if the new version changes the behaviour? If I have time I'll have a quick look through the commit log for any obviously related changes. > The version currently in experimental (or to be specific since > 0.7.26~exp1) changes this behavior: It will work as (you) expected > with your configuration. As 0.7.26 is a registered transition it will > likely by included in squeeze, so time will fix it automatically. ;) oh, sweet. I might rebuild it on stable for my use until squeeze appears. > > == Tree/BinDir structure repositories. == > > I think i don't understand the question, but apt & co. are in general > to common used to change behavior without years of deprecation, > so i guess the support for both is just one of these features… Thats what I guessed, but thought there might be deeper meaning ;) thanks, kk > (the change above is only okay as tools using these files like APT > ignore these "wrong" stanzas anyway - at least as long as APT can't > handle MultiArch which slowly changes ;) ) > > > Best regards, > > David Kalnischkies -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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