On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 07:23:58PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > My question is, does anyone know of cases where a given operating > > system and architecture does not constitute a valid platform (ie, > > Architecture in the d/control file sense).
> armel and lpia are special cases and don't combine with other kernels > from dpkg's perspective, which explains your count difference. I forget > off-hand why this is. "armel" is a Linux-specific successor to "arm" with a different ABI. "lpia" is arguably appropriate to pair with other kernels beside Linux since the instruction reordering is not Linux-specific, so perhaps excluding lpia was an oversight. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
