On Wed, Dec 5, 2007 at 00:14:53 +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Or we can change type-handling too. Apparently xorg only uses the fact > that type-handling provides not+sparc but it doesn't use the type-handling > program which is the real user of dpkg-architecture. Is that right? > Yes, that's correct.
> Maybe type-handling could be split with an empty package whose sole > purpose is to "Provides" some virtual packages while type-handling > stays the program with its dpkg-dev dependency. > > I think this solution would be my first preference. > My preference would be for dpkg to allow 'Depends: foo [arch]' in arch:all packages, but failing that, I agree. Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]