Bug#1129706: please remove kfreebsd-* and powerpcspe from java_unsupported_architectures in /usr/share/java/java_defaults.mk
Rene Engelhard
rene at debian.org
Wed Mar 4 21:19:07 GMT 2026
Package: java-common
Version: 0.76
Severity: wishlist
Hi,
$ grep java_unsupported_architectures /usr/share/java/java_defaults.mk
java_unsupported_architectures = hppa hurd-amd64 hurd-i386 kfreebsd-amd64 kfreebsd-i386 powerpcspe s390 sparc
java_dependency = $(strip $(1) [$(foreach a,$(filter-out $(java_default_architectures), $(java_unsupported_architectures)),!$(a))])
$
The libreoffice package takes that info verbatim into Build-Depends:
control: default-jdk (>= 2:1.9) [!hppa !hurd-amd64 !hurd-i386 !kfreebsd-amd64 !kfreebsd-i386 !powerpcspe !s390 !sparc !ppc64el
!s390x !armhf !armel] <!nojava>,
Today I noticed that lintian throws *errors* for such lines.
(cf. https://udd.debian.org/lintian/?packages=libreoffice, invalid-arch-string-in-source-relation).
Probably since dpkg dropped kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386 and powerpc in 1.23.0
in December.
Removed them whee I could myself but since that one is directly
translated from java-common, please:
- Remove kfreebsd-* and powerpcspe from java_unsupported_architectures
in /usr/share/java/java_defaults.mk
Regards,
Rene
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