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Re: File names in the Debian archive: *.deb vs *_i386.deb



On Fri, Sep 10, 1999 at 09:33:42PM +0000, Zygo Blaxell wrote:
> I've noticed that when I build a Debian package, I get a filename for
> the arch-specific parts of the package named something like
> "hello_1.3-14.3_i386.deb".  However, in the Debian FTP archive, the
> same package is named "hello_1.3-14.3.deb" (with no "_i386").
> 
> Why is this?  Are package files normally renamed after upload by the
> FTP archive maintainers?

By the FTP archive maintenance scripts. It's perfectly normal, I think.

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