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@@ -129,32 +129,32 @@ During build-time, there are two possible architectures for any dependent packag
* Host-architecture (architecture for which packages are built). Packages for
this architecture provide things like libraries and headers. An example is
- libexpat.1-dev.
+ `libexpat.1-dev`.
* Build-architecture (architecture on which packages are built). Packages for
- this architecture provide things like build utilities An example is
- pkg-config.
+ this architecture provide things like build utilities. An example is
+ `pkg-config`.
During install-time, there are also two possible architectures for any dependent
package:
* Host-architecture (architecture for which packages are installed). Packages
for this architecture provide things like libraries and utilities. Examples
- include libz.1, gcc-4.7-<arch> (dependency of gcc-<arch>), and fakeroot
- (recommendation of opkhelper-1.0).
+ include `libz.1`, `gcc-4.7-<arch>` (dependency of `gcc-<arch>`), and
+ `fakeroot` (recommendation of `opkhelper-1.0`).
* Install-architecture (architecture on which packages are installed).
Packages for this architecture provide things like utilities used by
- maintainer scripts. An example is insserv (or a similar tool).
+ maintainer scripts. An example is `insserv` (or a similar tool).
Host-architecture packages should be coinstallable with themselves, and they
should satisfy dependencies of the same architecture. For example, the
-dependency of libexpat.1-dev:cortexa8-linux-eglibc on libexpat.1 should resolve
-to a dependency on libexpat.1:cortexa8-linux-eglibc.
+dependency of `libexpat.1-dev:cortexa8-linux-eglibc` on `libexpat.1` should
+resolve to a dependency on `libexpat.1:cortexa8-linux-eglibc`.
Build- and install-architecture packages need not be coinstallable with
themselves, and they should satisfy dependencies of any architecture. For
-example, the build dependency of glib (built on core-linux-eglibc for
-cortexa8-linux-eglibc) on pkg-config should resolve to a build dependency on
-pkg-config:core-linux-eglibc.
+example, the build dependency of `glib` (built on `core-linux-eglibc` for
+`cortexa8-linux-eglibc`) on `pkg-config` should resolve to a build dependency on
+`pkg-config:core-linux-eglibc`.
Debian and Ubuntu specify such properties in a `Multi-Arch` control field. A
value of `same` indicates that a package satisfies dependencies of the same