Debian Bug report logs - #112325
dpkg-dev: should allow exclusion of architectures

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: dpkg-gencontrol: mistakes hurd-i386 for i386

Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 13:21:13 +0200 (CEST)

Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.9.17
Severity: normal

one of my packages, nbd-client, requires kernel support from the Linux
kernel. So, it won't run on The Hurd (currently the only non-linux port in
the archive), which is why I added a line like 

Architecture: !hurd-i386

to the controlfile, thereby assuming that nbd-client will be built on all
architectures but The Hurd. However, when trying to build nbd on my
personal system (an i386), I get an error:

dpkg-gencontrol: error: current build architecture i386 does not appear in package's list (!(hurd-i386))

-- System Information
Debian release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux rock 2.4.9 #3 vr aug 17 20:18:58 CEST 2001 i586
Locale: LANG=nl_BE, LC_CTYPE=nl_BE

Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on:
ii  binutils                  2.11.90.0.31-1 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii  cpio                      2.4.2-37       GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii  make                      3.79.1-10      The GNU version of the "make" util
ii  patch                     2.5.4-5        Apply a diff file to an original
ii  perl [perl5]              5.6.1-5        Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii  perl-modules              5.6.1-5        Core Perl modules.

Message #10 received at 112325-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net>

To: Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org>, 112325-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#112325: dpkg-gencontrol: mistakes hurd-i386 for i386

Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 15:14:11 +0200

Previously Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> Architecture: !hurd-i386

That is not a valid syntax, exclusions are not supported there. You have
to give the full list of architectures.

Wichert.

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Message #15 received at 112325@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org>

To: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net>

Cc: 112325@bugs.debian.org, control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#112325: dpkg-gencontrol: mistakes hurd-i386 for i386

Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 15:24:22 +0200 (CEST)

reopen 112325
severity 112325 wishlist

On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Wichert Akkerman wrote:

> Previously Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > Architecture: !hurd-i386
> 
> That is not a valid syntax, exclusions are not supported there. You have
> to give the full list of architectures.

I tried to do it that way since it's easier to maintain, as compared
to a nearly-full list of architectures. If not valid currently, please
consider allowing this syntax somewhere in the future (that would be
after woody's release, probably).

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Message #26 received at 112325-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>

To: Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org>, 112325-done@bugs.debian.org

Cc: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net>

Subject: Re: Bug#112325: dpkg-gencontrol: mistakes hurd-i386 for i386

Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:33:13 +0200

Hi!

On Sat, 2001-09-15 at 15:24:22 +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> reopen 112325
> severity 112325 wishlist
> 
> On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> 
> > Previously Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > > Architecture: !hurd-i386
> > 
> > That is not a valid syntax, exclusions are not supported there. You have
> > to give the full list of architectures.
> 
> I tried to do it that way since it's easier to maintain, as compared
> to a nearly-full list of architectures. If not valid currently, please
> consider allowing this syntax somewhere in the future (that would be
> after woody's release, probably).

Using the negated list has the problem that it's not really correct,
because the package will only build on a positive set of
architectures, it would need to be updated whenever new architectures
that do not support the package get introduced and will cause issues
for third party distributions building for architectures not supported
by Debian.

Now that we have architecture wildcards your specific problem can be
solved more cleanly with just:

  Architecture: linux-any

and as such I'm closing this request.

thanks,
guillem

Message #31 received at 112325@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Wouter Verhelst <w@uter.be>

To: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>

Cc: 112325@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#112325: dpkg-gencontrol: mistakes hurd-i386 for i386

Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 01:48:32 +0200

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 04:33:13PM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> On Sat, 2001-09-15 at 15:24:22 +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:

(i.e., over a decade ago -- time sure flies).

> > reopen 112325
> > severity 112325 wishlist
> > 
> > On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> > 
> > > Previously Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > > > Architecture: !hurd-i386
> > > 
> > > That is not a valid syntax, exclusions are not supported there. You have
> > > to give the full list of architectures.
> > 
> > I tried to do it that way since it's easier to maintain, as compared
> > to a nearly-full list of architectures. If not valid currently, please
> > consider allowing this syntax somewhere in the future (that would be
> > after woody's release, probably).
> 
> Using the negated list has the problem that it's not really correct,
> because the package will only build on a positive set of
> architectures, it would need to be updated whenever new architectures
> that do not support the package get introduced and will cause issues
> for third party distributions building for architectures not supported
> by Debian.
> 
> Now that we have architecture wildcards your specific problem can be
> solved more cleanly with just:
> 
>   Architecture: linux-any

Which is what I've been using since a few weeks after it was allowed :-)

> and as such I'm closing this request.

Sure. I'd completely forgotten about it, otherwise I would've done so myself.

Thanks,

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