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-.TH dpkg\-architecture 1 "2006-05-23" "Debian Project" "dpkg utilities"
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+.TH dpkg\-architecture 1 "2006-06-17" "Debian Project" "dpkg utilities"
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.SH "NAME"
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dpkg\-architecture \- set and determine the architecture for package building
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@@ -44,12 +44,16 @@ Print the environment variables, one each line, in the format
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\fIVARIABLE=value\fP. This is the default action.
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.TP
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.BI \-e debian-architecture
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-Check for equality between two Debian Architectures, by default it will
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-compare against the current Debian Architecture, being it the host.
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+Check for equality of architecture. By default \fIdebian-architecture\fP
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+is compared against the current Debian architecture, being the host.
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+This option will not expand the architecture wildcards. Command finishes
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+with an exit status of 0 if matched, 1 if not matched.
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.TP
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-.BI \-i architecture-alias
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-Check for identity of the current Debian Architecture against an
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-Architecture Alias.
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+.BI \-i architecture-wildcard
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+Check for identity of architecture by expanding \fIarchitecture-wildcard\fP
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+as an architecture wildcard and comparing against the current Debian
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+architecture. Command finishes with an exit status of 0 if matched, 1 if
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+not matched.
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.TP
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.BI \-q variable-Name
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Print the value of a single variable.
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@@ -79,14 +83,14 @@ Print program version.
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The machine the package is built on.
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.IP "host machine" 4
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The machine the package is built for.
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-.IP "Debian Architecture" 4
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+.IP "Debian architecture" 4
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The Debian architecture string, which specifies the binary tree in the
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\s-1FTP\s0 archive. Examples: i386, sparc, hurd\-i386.
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-.IP "Architecture Alias" 4
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-An architecture alias is a wildcard architecture that will match any real
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-architecture being part of it. The general form is <kernel>\-<cpu>.
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+.IP "architecture wildcard" 4
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+An architecture wildcard is a special architecture string that will match
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+any real architecture being part of it. The general form is <kernel>\-<cpu>.
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Examples: linux\-any, linux\-alpha, any\-i386, hurd\-any.
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-.IP "\s-1GNU\s0 System Type" 4
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+.IP "\s-1GNU\s0 system type" 4
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An architecture specification string consisting of two parts,
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cpu-system. Examples: i386\-linux\-gnu, sparc\-linux\-gnu, i386\-gnu,
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x86_64\-netbsd.
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CC=i386\-gnu\-gcc dpkg\-architecture \f(CW\*(C`\-c\*(C'\fR debian/rules build
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.PP
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eval \`dpkg\-architecture \f(CW\*(C`\-u\*(C'\fR\`
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+.PP
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+Check if the current architecture or a given one are equal:
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+.PP
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+dpkg\-architecture \-elinux\-alpha
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+.PP
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+dpkg\-architecture \-amips \-elinux\-mips
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+.PP
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+Check if the current architecture or a given one are Linux systems:
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+.PP
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+dpkg\-architecture \-ilinux\-any
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+.PP
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+dpkg\-architecture \-ai386 \-ilinux\-any
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.SH "VARIABLES"
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The following variables are set by \fBdpkg\-architecture\fP:
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.SH "BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY"
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The DEB_HOST_ARCH_CPU and DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS variables were only introduced
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-in relatively recent versions of \fBdpkg-architecture\fR (since dpkg 1.13.2),
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+in relatively recent versions of \fBdpkg\-architecture\fR (since dpkg 1.13.2),
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before this \fIdebian/rules\fR files tended to check the values of the
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DEB_HOST_GNU_CPU or DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE variables which have been subject
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to change.
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@@ -241,6 +257,9 @@ Debian architecture, `DEB_HOST_ARCH=\`dpkg \-\-print\-architecture\`'
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is sufficient (this is indeed the Debian architecture of the build machine,
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but remember that we are only trying to be backward compatible with native
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compilation).
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+.PP
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+The \fB\-e\fP and \fB\-i\fP options were only introduced in relatively recent
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+versions of \fBdpkg\-architecture\fR (since dpkg 1.13.13),
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR dpkg\-buildpackage (1),
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Guillem Jover