On 18/03/18 11:22, Eli Schwartz wrote: > On 03/17/2018 05:24 PM, Robin Broda wrote: >> Signed-off-by: Robin Broda <[email protected]> >> --- >> doc/BUILDINFO.5.txt | 3 +++ >> scripts/makepkg.sh.in | 1 + >> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/doc/BUILDINFO.5.txt b/doc/BUILDINFO.5.txt >> index b7a72831..4734301e 100644 >> --- a/doc/BUILDINFO.5.txt >> +++ b/doc/BUILDINFO.5.txt >> @@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ BUILDINFO file format. >> *packager*:: >> The details of the packager that built the package. >> >> +*arch*:: >> + The architecture of the package. >> + > > I question the utility of duplicating this information in both > .BUILDINFO and .PKGINFO
There is already a bunch duplicated across those files. The goal was to have everything needed to build the package in a reproducible way in the .BUILDINFO file. I do question why it was output at that point, rather than under the version info where it seems much more natural. A
