Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes: > Goswin von Brederlow writes ("Re: Please test gzip -9n - related to dpkg with > multiarch support"): >> Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes: >> > One thing which no-one yet seems to have suggested is to have >> > multiarch:same packages put the changelog in a filename which is >> > distinct for each architecture. (It wouldn't have to be the triplet; >> > the shorter Debian arch would do.) Perhaps there are obvious reasons >> > (which I have missed) why this is a terrible idea, but it seems to me >> > that it's something we should consider. >> >> Or dpkg could do that for you. At least for files in /usr/share/doc when >> there is a collision. > > Urgh, I think this is a really ugly idea, compared to just having the > packages contain the arch-specific filenames. After all a > multiarch:same package knows that it is, and can DTRT. > > Ian.
Changing the name in the package would break tools that rely on the name (like packages.debian.org extracting the Changelog). Also ugly. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87ty30p0re.fsf@frosties.localnet