On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Andreas Tille <[email protected]> wrote: > # SELECT package, version, architecture, description from packages > where package = 'openjdk-6-jre' and version = '6b11-9.1' > and distribution = 'debian' and release = 'lenny' and component = 'main'; > package | version | architecture | description > ---------------+----------+--------------+------------------------------------------ > openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | alpha | OpenJDK Java runtime, using > Hotspot Zero > openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | amd64 | OpenJDK Java runtime, using > Hotspot JIT > openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | armel | OpenJDK Java runtime, using > Hotspot Zero > openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | i386 | OpenJDK Java runtime, using > Hotspot JIT > openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | ia64 | OpenJDK Java runtime, using > Hotspot Zero > openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | mips | OpenJDK Java runtime, using > Hotspot Zero > openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | mipsel | OpenJDK Java runtime, using > Hotspot Zero > openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | powerpc | OpenJDK Java runtime, using > Hotspot Zero > openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | s390 | OpenJDK Java runtime, using > Hotspot Zero > openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | sparc | OpenJDK Java runtime, using > Hotspot JIT > (10 rows) > > I really wonder how we might get different descriptions if the packages > are supposed to come from the same source package. > > Any reasonable explanation for this?
The package is built with a different VM on different architectures, so the rules file[0] changes the control file[1] to reflect that. [0] - http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~openjdk/openjdk/openjdk6/annotate/head:/rules [1] - http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~openjdk/openjdk/openjdk6/annotate/head:/control -- James GPG Key: 1024D/61326D40 2003-09-02 James Vega <[email protected]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

