#634676 recordmydesktop: debian/control uses hardcoded list of non-Linux architectures

Package:
recordmydesktop
Source:
recordmydesktop
Description:
Captures audio-video data of a Linux desktop session
Submitter:
Robert Millan
Date:
2011-07-19 11:41:37 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#634676#5
Date:
2011-07-18 14:12:05 UTC
From:
To:
The debian/control file in recordmydesktop uses a negated list of architectures
to specify a package relationship (most likely Build-Depends) on a
Linux-specific package.  I.e. something like:

 Build-Depends: libfoo-dev [!kfreebsd-i386 !kfreebsd-amd64 !hurd-i386]

This is problematic because it will fail for any future kfreebsd-* or hurd-*
architecture (like the upcoming kfreebsd-mipsel port).  The correct way
would be to use dpkg architecture wildcards, e.g.:

 Build-Depends: libfoo-dev [linux-any]

Please consider making this adjustment to make life easier for future
porting efforts.

Thanks!