[dpkg] 143/187: arch: Add a version pseudo-field to the arch tables

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commit 16847ec012a11435bec3872593ba3c7e5b9ff492
Author: Guillem Jover <guillem at debian.org>
Date:   Fri Jan 29 11:13:12 2016 +0100

    arch: Add a version pseudo-field to the arch tables
    
    This should allow external parsers to know if they can understand the
    table contents.
---
 data/abitable             | 2 ++
 data/cputable             | 2 ++
 data/ostable              | 2 ++
 data/triplettable         | 2 ++
 debian/changelog          | 1 +
 man/dpkg-architecture.man | 7 +++++++
 6 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/data/abitable b/data/abitable
index 0631a8c..134dfe8 100644
--- a/data/abitable
+++ b/data/abitable
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Version=1.0
+#
 # This file contains the table of arch ABI attribute overrides.
 #
 # If the ABI is not present here then the attribute information for a
diff --git a/data/cputable b/data/cputable
index e2f3f2d..a066b0f 100644
--- a/data/cputable
+++ b/data/cputable
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Version=1.0
+#
 # This file contains the table of known CPU names.
 #
 # Architecture names are formed as a combination of the system name
diff --git a/data/ostable b/data/ostable
index 00d7447..70cb663 100644
--- a/data/ostable
+++ b/data/ostable
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Version=1.0
+#
 # This file contains the table of known operating system names.
 #
 # Architecture names are formed as a combination of the system name
diff --git a/data/triplettable b/data/triplettable
index 216d719..3736ac0 100644
--- a/data/triplettable
+++ b/data/triplettable
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Version=1.0
+#
 # Bidirectional mapping between a Debian triplet and a Debian arch.
 #
 # Supported variables: <cpu>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f945802..41e22a2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ dpkg (1.18.11) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Give more information on --set-selections warnings. Closes: #842230
   * Architecture support:
     - Add support for AIX operating system.
+    - Add a version pseudo-field to the arch tables.
   * Portability:
     - Cast off_t variables to intmax_t when printing them with "%jd".
     - Add missing <string.h> include in libdpkg.
diff --git a/man/dpkg-architecture.man b/man/dpkg-architecture.man
index 87eab43..0d3ced2 100644
--- a/man/dpkg-architecture.man
+++ b/man/dpkg-architecture.man
@@ -222,19 +222,26 @@ paths (since dpkg 1.17.14).
 All these files have to be present for \fBdpkg\-architecture\fP to
 work. Their location can be overridden at runtime with the environment
 variable \fBDPKG_DATADIR\fP.
+These tables contain a format \fBVersion\fP pseudo-field on their first
+line to mark their format, so that parsers can check if they understand
+it, such as "# Version=1.0".
 .TP
 .I %PKGDATADIR%/cputable
 Table of known CPU names and mapping to their GNU name.
+Format version 1.0 (since dpkg 1.13.2).
 .TP
 .I %PKGDATADIR%/ostable
 Table of known operating system names and mapping to their GNU name.
+Format version 1.0 (since dpkg 1.13.2).
 .TP
 .I %PKGDATADIR%/triplettable
 Mapping between Debian architecture triplets and Debian architecture
 names.
+Format version 1.0 (since dpkg 1.14.0).
 .TP
 .I %PKGDATADIR%/abitable
 Table of Debian architecture ABI attribute overrides.
+Format version 1.0 (since dpkg 1.16.3).
 .SS Packaging support
 .TP
 .I %PKGDATADIR%/architecture.mk

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