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@@ -107,9 +107,10 @@ specific ways, through a [wrapper script that adds an `-a`/`--host-architecture`
option][opkg-wrapper] (similar to that of apt-get). First, since multiple
`Section: dbg` feeds may be downloaded and requiring users to
architecture-qualify such packages would be undesirable, such packages could be
-installed instead via `opkg -a amd64-linux-glibc foo-dbg`. Similarly, `Section:
-libdev` packages as build dependencies could be automatically installed for the
-host architecture by prokit supplying an appropriate `-a` option, allowing
+installed instead via `opkg -a amd64-linux-glibc foo-dbg` or even simply `opkg
+install foo-dbg` for the native architecture. Similarly, `Section: libdev`
+packages as build dependencies could be automatically installed for the host
+architecture by prokit supplying an appropriate `-a` option, allowing
maintainers to continue listing unqualified package names in `Build-Depends`
instead of having to add `-${Host-Arch}` to every `Section: libdev` package in
`Build-Depends`. Therefore, only `Section: lib` packages need to have