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Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures

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From	Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org>
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Subject	Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures
Date	Thu, 21 Jan 2021 14:20:01 +0100
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Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> writes:
> This is what I eventually chose for iotop. At the time I wanted dpkg
> and dak to support something like Architecture: linux-all, which would
> build arch: all packages, but only put them in the Packages files for
> the Linux architectures.
>
> I am now thinking that a more generic solution than Architecture:
> linux-all is needed, in order to cover your case as well. Perhaps
> something like Available-Architecures or Runtime-Architectures or
> Architecture-all-Architectures: or similar.

I am still wondering why we don't have just empty some pseudo-packages
that are available only on specific architectures (or groups of them,
like linux, or little endian, or 64 bit or so). If a package works (or
builds) only on a specific arch (or an arch with specific properties),
it can be set dependent (or built-dependent) on that.

This would be a quite flexible and extendible approach to have packages
installable only where they work.

Best regards

Ole

Thread

Generic Python packages which don’t work on all  architectures Stephen Kitt <skitt@debian.org> - 2021-01-20 20:50 +0100
  Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> - 2021-01-20 21:10 +0100
  Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2021-01-21 02:50 +0100
    Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures Christian Kastner <ckk@debian.org> - 2021-01-21 08:10 +0100
    Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org> - 2021-01-21 14:20 +0100
      Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2021-01-21 14:30 +0100
        Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org> - 2021-01-21 16:50 +0100
          Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2021-01-22 00:40 +0100
            Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2021-01-22 00:50 +0100
            Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org> - 2021-01-22 10:00 +0100
      Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on  all architectures Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2021-01-21 14:40 +0100
        Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org> - 2021-01-21 16:20 +0100

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