Remove footnote listing all known architectures

Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg.  This
list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8ca0ff624aa1a55ce144e652826d593037c4cf58..639ad150f3b931355a536cde01d11a40d3ced4ad 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ debian-policy (3.8.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
     sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
     contains longer descriptions.  (Closes: #577666)
+  * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg.  This
+    list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
+    noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
 
  -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>  Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:28 +0200
 

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index f4c69601e9f7af9cd66a134722ca859c2f8499d1..158a9b08341a9a3d2624430f2b98a2051def6875 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -7971,51 +7971,10 @@ done
 
        <p>
          If a program needs to specify an <em>architecture specification
-           string</em> in some place, it should select one of the
-          strings provided by <tt>dpkg-architecture -L</tt>. The
-          strings are in the format
-          <tt><var>os</var>-<var>arch</var></tt>, though the OS part
-          is sometimes elided, as when the OS is Linux.<footnote>
-            <p>Currently, the strings are:
-              i386 ia64 alpha amd64 armeb arm hppa m32r m68k mips
-              mipsel powerpc ppc64 s390 s390x sh3 sh3eb sh4 sh4eb
-              sparc darwin-i386 darwin-ia64 darwin-alpha darwin-amd64
-              darwin-armeb darwin-arm darwin-hppa darwin-m32r
-              darwin-m68k darwin-mips darwin-mipsel darwin-powerpc
-              darwin-ppc64 darwin-s390 darwin-s390x darwin-sh3
-              darwin-sh3eb darwin-sh4 darwin-sh4eb darwin-sparc
-              freebsd-i386 freebsd-ia64 freebsd-alpha freebsd-amd64
-              freebsd-armeb freebsd-arm freebsd-hppa freebsd-m32r
-              freebsd-m68k freebsd-mips freebsd-mipsel freebsd-powerpc
-              freebsd-ppc64 freebsd-s390 freebsd-s390x freebsd-sh3
-              freebsd-sh3eb freebsd-sh4 freebsd-sh4eb freebsd-sparc
-              kfreebsd-i386 kfreebsd-ia64 kfreebsd-alpha
-              kfreebsd-amd64 kfreebsd-armeb kfreebsd-arm kfreebsd-hppa
-              kfreebsd-m32r kfreebsd-m68k kfreebsd-mips
-              kfreebsd-mipsel kfreebsd-powerpc kfreebsd-ppc64
-              kfreebsd-s390 kfreebsd-s390x kfreebsd-sh3 kfreebsd-sh3eb
-              kfreebsd-sh4 kfreebsd-sh4eb kfreebsd-sparc knetbsd-i386
-              knetbsd-ia64 knetbsd-alpha knetbsd-amd64 knetbsd-armeb
-              knetbsd-arm knetbsd-hppa knetbsd-m32r knetbsd-m68k
-              knetbsd-mips knetbsd-mipsel knetbsd-powerpc
-              knetbsd-ppc64 knetbsd-s390 knetbsd-s390x knetbsd-sh3
-              knetbsd-sh3eb knetbsd-sh4 knetbsd-sh4eb knetbsd-sparc
-              netbsd-i386 netbsd-ia64 netbsd-alpha netbsd-amd64
-              netbsd-armeb netbsd-arm netbsd-hppa netbsd-m32r
-              netbsd-m68k netbsd-mips netbsd-mipsel netbsd-powerpc
-              netbsd-ppc64 netbsd-s390 netbsd-s390x netbsd-sh3
-              netbsd-sh3eb netbsd-sh4 netbsd-sh4eb netbsd-sparc
-              openbsd-i386 openbsd-ia64 openbsd-alpha openbsd-amd64
-              openbsd-armeb openbsd-arm openbsd-hppa openbsd-m32r
-              openbsd-m68k openbsd-mips openbsd-mipsel openbsd-powerpc
-              openbsd-ppc64 openbsd-s390 openbsd-s390x openbsd-sh3
-              openbsd-sh3eb openbsd-sh4 openbsd-sh4eb openbsd-sparc
-              hurd-i386 hurd-ia64 hurd-alpha hurd-amd64 hurd-armeb
-              hurd-arm hurd-hppa hurd-m32r hurd-m68k hurd-mips
-              hurd-mipsel hurd-powerpc hurd-ppc64 hurd-s390 hurd-s390x
-              hurd-sh3 hurd-sh3eb hurd-sh4 hurd-sh4eb hurd-sparc
-            </p>
-          </footnote>
+         string</em> in some place, it should select one of the strings
+         provided by <tt>dpkg-architecture -L</tt>. The strings are in
+         the format <tt><var>os</var>-<var>arch</var></tt>, though the OS
+         part is sometimes elided, as when the OS is Linux.
        </p>
 
        <p>