Bug#556637: dpkg: support for getting architecture from DEB_HOST_ARCH

2011-03-24 Thread Raphael Hertzog
tag 556637 - patch thanks On Tue, 17 Nov 2009, Jussi Hakala wrote: > The dpkg determines the architecture in which it's in from a build > time constant. This makes things difficult if we use host's dpkg to > operate on packages non-native to host, for example, with > scratchbox2. > > It would be

Bug#556637: dpkg: support for getting architecture from DEB_HOST_ARCH

2009-11-17 Thread Jussi Hakala
Package: dpkg Version: 1.15.4.1 The dpkg determines the architecture in which it's in from a build time constant. This makes things difficult if we use host's dpkg to operate on packages non-native to host, for example, with scratchbox2. It would be nice if dpkg would read DEB_HOST_ARCH for e