Subject: Re: bug#49149: [PATCH 0/7] Add deb format for guix pack.
From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
To: Maxime Devos <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 15:20:21 -0400
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Hello!

Maxime Devos <[email-masked]> writes:

> Maxim Cournoyer schreef op do 24-06-2021 om 00:40 [-0400]:
>> +            (define (gnu-machine-type->debian-machine-type type)
>> +              "Translate machine TYPE from the GNU to Debian terminology."
>> +              ;; Debian has its own jargon, different from the one used in GNU, for
>> +              ;; machine types (see data/cputable in the sources of dpkg).
>> +              (match type
>> +                ("i686" "i386")
>> +                ("x86_64" "amd64")
>
> I'd add i586->i386 here as well, to allow the "i586-gnu" target (for the Hurd).
> (Debian has a Hurd port: https://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/).
> Maybe more is needed for proper Hurd support though.
>
> For completeness, I'd also add i486->i386,
> to allow "guix pack hello --target=i486-linux-gnu --format=tarball"
> as well. Ok, i486-linux-gnu isn't a ‘supported’ cross-target, but why not?

Done.

Series pushed in commit 6396f0c235231d4d41d11fffa021251ea6aa90a7.
Thanks for the review!

Maxim