On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 08:04:31AM -0500, seth vidal wrote: > > Maybe yum should allow a transition from noarch to a defined arch > > even when exactarch is set?! > > Seems a bit contrary to the term 'exact' doesn't it? Indeed, but I see his point. Most 'compatible' arch differences (i386 vs i686, for example) occur because a package was _built_ differently. If it appears as both i386 and noarch, then there's probably a substantive change in the code. Am I correct in my understanding that exactarch exists so you can say "yes, I see that a new version is available for i386, but I'd rather wait for the i386 version"? If so, noarch is special because if a package suddenly becomes noarch, there will probably _never_be_ a new i386 version (or vice versa). I'm not suggesting that you change the behavior of noarch. I'm just saying that it may not provide the desired behavior in all situations; pecifically, when packages change arch. -Michael -- Michael Stenner Office Phone: 919-660-2513 Duke University, Dept. of Physics mstenner@xxxxxxxxxxxx Box 90305, Durham N.C. 27708-0305
