On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:54:26 +0300, Jussi wrote: > On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 15:37 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > > %dist should be used always. > > > > No. Particulary for noarch data packages, using %dist bears an > > additional risk. Because it becomes possible to tag a package on > > multiple branches and break inheritance by building for more than > > the oldest branch. > > So, how do you do it without the %dist branch? AFAIK then you have to > manually make sure that the EVR in F(N) is greater than that in F(N-1). Is it a problem? I don't think so. Even _with_ %dist there are pitfalls. > Say I've built foo-1-1 in rawhide a year ago and thus the package is > available now in F-10 and F-11. How do I update to foo-2-1 in both > distros? Whether with %dist or not, doesn't make a difference. You commit the upgrade to the branch that previously targeted rawhide. F-10 in your example. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
