On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 03:50:17PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Guillem Jover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On another thread, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > >> Could we automatically define some @linux@ or @any-i386@ variables the > >> same way shlidbs or other substitutions work? > > > > That's exactly what my patch tries to do, but extending the > > recognised normal arches with some aliases that get expaned and > > normalized to normal debian archtitectures, the ones the binary > > tools can and know how to handle. > > Except you are also changing the syntax for the control file. That is > all I see as a negative for this.
Well to fix this in a proper way we have to do _some_ changes, mine is the solution with less impact and minimal changes, only a little portion of the archive will change. Robert's implies changing the whole archive to the new syntax. regards, guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
