Also, it can be used for packages which uses python or similar; python has to be 32bit or 64bit, apps written in python has not. In general, packages with an interpreter or a VM needs no architecture specific package, as its dependency is the interpeter/VM, which is arch dependant.
Il 24/set/2014 06:50 Ralf Mardorf <info.mardorf@rocketmail.com> ha scritto:
On Wed, 2014-09-24 at 09:28 +0800, Fernando Gilberto Pereira da Silva wrote:
Since 'any' is the architecture of the package, why isn't there a folder called 'any' in the repo? I can see only 'i686' and 'x86_64' in repo 'core', 'extra' and 'community', and all of the 'any'-architecture packages are put into both 'i686' and 'x86_64' folders.
People might use 32-bit architecture or 64-bit architecture, there isn't an "any" architecture. The "any" only refers to the content of a package. The content isn't compiled to work on 32-bit or 64-bit architecture, e.g. a dash script, so it can be used on both architectures, ergo a package that can be used for "any" architecture, needs to be put to the 32-bit and to the 64-bit architecture repository. A repository for "any" doesn't make sense.