On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 01:58:38PM +0100, Alex Owen wrote: > > Just thinking some more about my proposed fix... using > dpkg-architecture would mean "Require: dpkg-dev" but the idea could > perhaps be reworked to use "uname -m" which is in coreutils which is: > > $ apt-cache show coreutils > Package: coreutils > Essential: yes > Priority: required > Section: base > ..... > > Not sure what a powerpc machine outputs for "uname -m" though...
You can use dpkg --print-installation-architecture which _does not_ require dpkg-dev. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
