Re: powerpc update for amd64

From	Steve Kemp <skx@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.security
Subject	Re: powerpc update for amd64
Date	2018-03-04 16:50 +0100
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On Sun Mar 04, 2018 at 07:35:37 +0100, SZÉPE Viktor wrote:

> What is the use of pushing an update with only powerpc changes to amd64?
> Thank you.

  This is just a side-effect of the way the packages are built. 

  When a new source upload is made then it is built for all available
 architectures, even if the changes are not useful / relevant for them.

  Typically security updates apply to all architectures.  In this
 case just be glad you got "lucky" - and you don't have to schedule
 reboot(s) of all your server(s).

Steve
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powerpc update for amd64 SZÉPE Viktor <viktor@szepe.net> - 2018-03-04 07:50 +0100
  Re: powerpc update for amd64 Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl> - 2018-03-04 15:30 +0100
    Re: powerpc update for amd64 SZÉPE Viktor <viktor@szepe.net> - 2018-03-04 16:10 +0100
      Re: powerpc update for amd64 Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2018-03-04 16:20 +0100
  Re: powerpc update for amd64 SZÉPE Viktor <viktor@szepe.net> - 2018-03-04 16:40 +0100
    Re: powerpc update for amd64 Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-03-04 18:40 +0100
  Re: powerpc update for amd64 Steve Kemp <skx@debian.org> - 2018-03-04 16:50 +0100

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