<p>
In the source package control file <file>.dsc</file>, this
- field may contain either the architecture
- wildcard <tt>any</tt> or a list of architectures and
- architecture wildcards separated by spaces. If a list is
- given, it may include (or consist solely of) the special
+ field contains a list of architectures and architecture
+ wildcards separated by spaces. When the list contains the
+ architecture wildcard <tt>any</tt>, the only other value
+ allowed in the list is <tt>all</tt>.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ The list may include (or consist solely of) the special
value <tt>all</tt>. In other words, in <file>.dsc</file>
files unlike the <file>debian/control</file>, <tt>all</tt> may
occur in combination with specific architectures.
</p>
<p>
- Specifying <tt>any</tt> indicates that the source package
+ Specifying only <tt>any</tt> indicates that the source package
isn't dependent on any particular architecture and should
compile fine on any one. The produced binary package(s)
- will either be specific to whatever the current build
- architecture is or will be architecture-independent.
+ will be specific to whatever the current build architecture is.
</p>
<p>
Specifying only <tt>all</tt> indicates that the source package
- will only build architecture-independent packages. If this is
- the case, <tt>all</tt> must be used rather than <tt>any</tt>;
- <tt>any</tt> implies that the source package will build at
- least one architecture-dependent package.
+ will only build architecture-independent packages.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Specifying <tt>any all</tt> indicates that the source package
+ isn't dependent on any particular architecture. The set of
+ produced binary packages will include at least one
+ architecture-dependant package and one architecture-independent
+ package.
</p>
<p>
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