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Hi Niels,

thanks for the bug report.

On Fri, Jan 03, 2025 at 05:44:28AM +0100, Niels Thykier wrote:

I think we should add a mention of `architecture-properties` next to `Architecture`. Maybe something like:

"""
Additionally, if you believe the list of supported architectures is pretty constant, you should change any to a list of supported architectures in debian/control or add a Build-Depends on one of the
`architecture-properties` provided names such as `architecture-is-64-bit`. This way, the build will not be performed on the relevant architectures, and indicate this to a human reader.
"""

sounds good to me.

This also changes the note about the build "will fail". In my understanding, the buildds will **not** try these builds (anymore?). At least, the buildds now say `$ARCH is not present in the architecture list set by the
maintainer` rather than showing a build log. For the newly added snippet about `architecture-properties`, they instead goes into a "permanent" `Dep-Wait` state.
Either way, saying "the build will fail also" feels like a stretch to me given it stops "before" the build ever happens.

the build s#will fail#will not be attempted# sounds like a straightwarforward change to me.

patches or commits most welcome!


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Holger

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