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| From | Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.maint.python |
| Subject | Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures |
| Date | 2021-01-21 14:40 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <BzIlQ-5es-17@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <BzrEm-35B-13@gated-at.bofh.it> <BzxgJ-6DT-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <BzI2t-58c-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On Thu, 2021-01-21 at 13:46 +0100, Ole Streicher wrote:
> 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).
To solve which problem?
Packages being installable don't mean that they can do anything useful
as they might, for example, require special hardware. We don't have a
way to express "requires device ${X}" on a package level.
Ansgar
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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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