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brewin

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Registered: 2007-03-07

Posts: 4

Package architecture label (i686, x86_64)

I just installed Arch64 and love it. But I came across an issue that really stumped me for a while. Certain packages listed in the repos (mostly Community) don't show up in pacman and aurbuild searches. I've come to the conclusion that this is because it hasn't been built for Arch64, although nothing indicates this from what I can tell (other than checking the repo mirror or looking at the PKGBUILD.)

I think it would be a good idea to add a label for the architecture(s) the package is available for. The label should be displayed for each package at archlinux.org/packages and in AUR. (And maybe with pacman Ss package?)

Maybe something like:
Architecture(s): i686, x86_64

Or even just:
Repository: Current, Current-64

I apologize if this has already been discussed or if I'm overlooking something.

Purch

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From: Finland

Registered: 2006-02-23

Posts: 229

Re: Package architecture label (i686, x86_64)

For now you can check this list http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arc … rison_list