Re: Arch-dependent Depends

[Julian Andres Klode <jak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ove Kaaven wrote:
> Stefano Zacchiroli skrev:
>> Since apparently there are quite cases like that, what is the reason for
>> forbidding arch-specific dependencies in control? Can we reconsider
>> that?
> 
> What is the problem with arch-specific dependencies in control? I've
> used them just fine (in wine, see libwine-dev) for a while, no apparent
> problems. I think they do only work for arch:any packages, though, as
> they seem to be parsed at build-time by dpkg-gencontrol or something.
> 
> 
This is Bug#436733 [0].



[0] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=436733

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