On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 01:27:45AM +0200, Sven Mueller wrote: > > The hash file, which is architecture dependend, is created on install. > > This is the only file in the package that is architecture dependend. > > If it is created on install, why is it in the packages filelist in the > first place? Other packages also generate (supposedly architecture > dependend) files during postinst, without shipping a placeholder in the > .deb - so what is the reason why [ia]spell does that?
I wasn't at all involved with writing this policy. So, I'll have to guess. > Uhm, also: I couldn't find any such example in the [ia]spell packages > themselves nor in wamerican, myspell-de-de, ispell-de-de so perhaps > (some of) those packages used to do that sort of stuff, but refrain from > doing so now? Policy doesn't say you have to do this. It's just one of the options. examples are things like: aspell-en ipolish aspell-pl idutch apsell-nl Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]