Hi! On Tue, 2015-09-15 at 10:22:24 +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > Package: dpkg-dev > Version: 1.17.25 > Severity: minor > File: /usr/bin/dpkg-architecture
> I was wondering what the difference between "host machine" and "target > machine" is. Clearly the compiler has to build binaries for the target > machine. > > >From dpkg's changelog I understand that "target machine" is the target > architecture when building cross-compilers. It would be nice if > man:dpkg-architecture(1) would mention this (i.e. that "target > machine" only applies for cross-compilers). It already does, but probably in the wrong place, or where people might not expect it. I'll move the description from the -A option to the TERMS sections. Would that suffice? Thanks, Guillem
