Jonathan Nieder wrote: > David Kalnischkies wrote: >> in this example: >> Package: foobar >> Architecture: amd64 >> Depends: package-bar >> that last line is in fact read as: >> Depends: package-bar:amd64 > > Why? I don't think that would help humans any more than reading it as > > Depends: package-bar (>= -infinity) > > (if there were a syntax for -∞).
In fact, that reading seems problematic, though I could easily be missing something. If package-bar has "Multi-arch: foreign", then isn't Architecture: amd64 Depends: package-bar satisfied by package-bar:i386, while Architecture: amd64 Depends: package-bar:amd64 is not? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-dpkg-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120717184820.GE14609@burratino