Hi Niels,

thanks for the bug report.

On Fri, Jan 03, 2025 at 05:44:28AM +0100, Niels Thykier wrote:
> I think we should add a mention of `architecture-properties` next to
> `Architecture`. Maybe something like:
> 
> """
> Additionally, if you believe the list of supported architectures is pretty
> constant, you should change any to a list of supported architectures in
> debian/control or add a Build-Depends on one of the
> `architecture-properties` provided names such as `architecture-is-64-bit`.
> This way, the build will not be performed on the relevant architectures, and
> indicate this to a human reader.
> """

sounds good to me.
 
> This also changes the note about the build "will fail". In my understanding,
> the buildds will **not** try these builds (anymore?). At least, the buildds
> now say `$ARCH is not present in the architecture list set by the
> maintainer` rather than showing a build log. For the newly added snippet
> about `architecture-properties`, they instead goes into a "permanent"
> `Dep-Wait` state.
>   Either way, saying "the build will fail also" feels like a stretch to me
> given it stops "before" the build ever happens.

the build s#will fail#will not be attempted# sounds like a straightwarforward
change to me.

patches or commits most welcome!


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