Re: Arch:all package depending on package that isn't Arch:any

2009-01-15 Thread Neil Williams
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:49:33 +0100 Adeodato Simó wrote: (Please drop me from CC: where possible, -devel is fine for me. Keeping Julian in CC - not sure if he's subscribed to -devel but I'm confident you are, Adeodato.) > * Julian Andres Klode [Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:07:55 +0100]: > > > 4. An exter

Re: Arch:all package depending on package that isn't Arch:any

2009-01-15 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Matthew Johnson [Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:21:03 +]: > > No, the only use for "Architecture: all [i386 amd64]" or > > "Install-Architecture: i368 amd64" would be as a hint to dak (and other > > tools) that the package is known not to be installable anywhere else, > > and hence should not be put in

Re: Arch:all package depending on package that isn't Arch:any

2009-01-15 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Thu Jan 15 17:49, Adeodato Simó wrote: > An arch:all package should be installable anywhere where its > dependencies can be satisfied. And if they can't be satisfied, dpkg/apt > will refuse to install it already. > > No, the only use for "Architecture: all [i386 amd64]" or > "Install-Architect

Re: Arch:all package depending on package that isn't Arch:any

2009-01-15 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Julian Andres Klode [Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:07:55 +0100]: Hello, Julian. > This would be my other proposal, also known as Bug#436733: > Package: acpi-support-base > Architecture: all > Depends: acpid [i386 amd64] > But in order to be correct, currently apt and co. do not support this. > The

Re: Arch:all package depending on package that isn't Arch:any

2009-01-15 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 07:32:18PM +, Neil Williams wrote: > > Package: acpi-support-base > Architecture: any > Depends: acpid [i386|amd64] > I do not understand what you are proposing. The package would not be binary-indep in your proposal (and the current syntax for depends is "acpid [i386

Re: Arch:all package depending on package that isn't Arch:any

2009-01-14 Thread Neil Williams
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:12:08 + Matthew Johnson wrote: > On Wed Jan 14 19:56, Neil Williams wrote: > > > The problem with both of these is that if acpid starts working on ppc as > > > well you have to transition acpi-support-base. Ideally the solution > > > shouldn't require an upload to acpi-

Re: Arch:all package depending on package that isn't Arch:any

2009-01-14 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Wed Jan 14 19:56, Neil Williams wrote: > > The problem with both of these is that if acpid starts working on ppc as > > well you have to transition acpi-support-base. Ideally the solution > > shouldn't require an upload to acpi-support-base when the architectures > > of its dependencies change.

Re: Arch:all package depending on package that isn't Arch:any

2009-01-14 Thread Neil Williams
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:40:08 + Matthew Johnson wrote: > On Wed Jan 14 19:32, Neil Williams wrote: > > > > > How about using (for example) > > > > > > > > Architecture: all [i386 amd64 ppc] > > > > I should just note that this was a suggestion by Goswin von Brederlow. > > > > I'm wondering

Re: Arch:all package depending on package that isn't Arch:any

2009-01-14 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Wed Jan 14 19:32, Neil Williams wrote: > > > > How about using (for example) > > > > > > Architecture: all [i386 amd64 ppc] > > I should just note that this was a suggestion by Goswin von Brederlow. > > I'm wondering if the change should be made in the other direction: > > Package: acpi-supp

Re: Arch:all package depending on package that isn't Arch:any

2009-01-14 Thread Neil Williams
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:41:11 +0100 Adeodato Simó wrote: > > >> Russ Allbery wrote: > > >> > It would be nice if there were some way of telling the archive software > > >> > not to include this package in the archive index on the platforms it > > >> > doesn't support, though. If there is a way of

Re: Arch:all package depending on package that isn't Arch:any

2009-01-14 Thread Adeodato Simó
(Dropping -mentors and r...@. Bcc ftpmas...@.) * Julian Andres Klode [Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:06:43 +0100]: > 2009/1/13 Neil Williams : > > On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:30:08 +0100 > > "Julian Andres Klode" wrote: > >> Russ Allbery wrote: > >> > It would be nice if there were some way of telling the arch

Re: Arch:all package depending on package that isn't Arch:any

2009-01-13 Thread Julian Andres Klode
2009/1/13 Neil Williams : > On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:30:08 +0100 > "Julian Andres Klode" wrote: > >> Russ Allbery wrote: >> > It would be nice if there were some way of telling the archive software >> > not to include this package in the archive index on the platforms it >> > doesn't support, though

Re: Arch:all package depending on package that isn't Arch:any

2009-01-12 Thread Neil Williams
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:30:08 +0100 "Julian Andres Klode" wrote: > Russ Allbery wrote: > > It would be nice if there were some way of telling the archive software > > not to include this package in the archive index on the platforms it > > doesn't support, though. > > My proposal was http://lists