[Python-apps-team] Bug#634337: s3ql: uninstallable on kfreebsd-i386 or kfreebsd-amd64

[Raphael Hertzog]

Hi,

On Wed, 05 Oct 2011, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
> Yeah, I agree. But I'm trying to make a more general point: what's wrong
> with an arch: all package having arch-dependend deps? Why isn't that
> allowed?

Because this feature is not implemented in dpkg... it's not a matter of
allowed or not, it's a matter that dpkg doesn't grok arch-specific
dependencies in the control file.

Cheers,
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