On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 12:22:16PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> Or a flawed packaging tool. RPM allows you to force noarch and you can use it
> to get around this precise problem. Its also useful when you want to force
> an x86 package onto an Alpha with em86.
>
> I find it hard to believe dpkg lacks such a feature.
>
Just had a look - One can install them
dpkg --force-architecture -i --root=/nfsexport
But i was arguing against compiling the packages as "noarch" not installing
them with noarch.
Flo
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Why is it called "common sense" when nobody seems to have any?
