Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >>> So I think for Multi-Arch: abi packages the /usr/share/doc/<package> >>> in its entirety should be renamed and now there is a choice to make: >> >> I like none of your suggestions. I'd like to suggest to rely on the >> work done by Tollef that lets dpkg skip some files in packages. The first >> purpose was to strip doc and locale data in some embedded usage >> but it could be improved with new rules that exclude such common >> name spaces for package which are for another architecture >> than the current one. >> >> Cheers, > > So when I install iceweasel 32bit on amd64 (for stupid plugins) I will > have no copyright, changelog nor license? I doubt that would be legal. > Even for libaries there is no garanty that the native flavour of a > library will be present when another architectures flavour is > installed. > > If a user wants to skip them that is their problem but Debian shipping > a dpkg that skips them allways or by default would be problematic.
Maybe install the first one and skip the next? ie, if I install iceweasel 32 bits first, then /u/s/d/iceweasel gets installed. When I install the amd64 version, /u/s/d/iceweasel gets skipped. Another option would be for dpkg to automatically assume that each arch Replaces: the same package for other archs, and so it will just overwrite said files. -- Felipe Sateler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]