From c28fc9a1c50c9f9c1c4e01040a6f1aa63dfcbe61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russ Allbery Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 22:44:14 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] 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 This list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date. --- debian/changelog | 3 +++ policy.sgml | 49 ++++-------------------------------------------- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 8ca0ff6..639ad15 100644 --- 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 This + list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already + noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.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 Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:28 +0200 diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index f4c6960..158a9b0 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -7971,51 +7971,10 @@ done

If a program needs to specify an architecture specification - string in some place, it should select one of the - strings provided by dpkg-architecture -L. The - strings are in the format - os-arch, though the OS part - is sometimes elided, as when the OS is Linux. -

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 -

- + string in some place, it should select one of the strings + provided by dpkg-architecture -L. The strings are in + the format os-arch, though the OS + part is sometimes elided, as when the OS is Linux.

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