Bug#634489: csound: debian/control uses hardcoded list of non-Linux architectures

Felipe Sateler fsateler at debian.org
Wed Jul 20 01:30:10 UTC 2011


tags 634489 pending
thanks

On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:11, Robert Millan <rmh at debian.org> wrote:
> Package: csound
> Severity: wishlist
> User: debian-devel at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: linux-any
>
> The debian/control file in csound uses a negated list of architectures
> to specify a package relationship (most likely Build-Depends) on a
> Linux-specific package.  I.e. something like:
>
>  Build-Depends: libfoo-dev [!kfreebsd-i386 !kfreebsd-amd64 !hurd-i386]
>
> This is problematic because it will fail for any future kfreebsd-* or hurd-*
> architecture (like the upcoming kfreebsd-mipsel port).  The correct way
> would be to use dpkg architecture wildcards, e.g.:
>
>  Build-Depends: libfoo-dev [linux-any]
>
> Please consider making this adjustment to make life easier for future
> porting efforts.
>
> Thanks!

Fixed in the git repository. Will upload when there are more changes
to the package.


Saludos,
Felipe Sateler





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