>>> DEBUG util.py:421: Error: Package:
>>> 2:qemu-system-aarch64-2.6.1-1.fc24.ppc64le (updates)
>>> DEBUG util.py:421: Requires: edk2-aarch64
>>> DEBUG util.py:421: Error: Package:
>>> 2:qemu-system-x86-2.6.1-1.fc24.ppc64le (updates)
>>> DEBUG util.py:421: Requires: edk2-ovmf
>>>
>>> While installing qemu on ppc64le Fedora.
>>> Any ETA on fixing it?
>>
>> The reason for this is documented in edk2.spec.
>>
>> # actual firmware builds support cross-compiling. edk2-tools
>> # in theory should build everywhere without much trouble, but
>> # in practice the edk2 build system barfs on archs it doesn't know
>> # (such as ppc), so lets limit things to the known-good ones.
>> ExclusiveArch: %{ix86} x86_64 %{arm} aarch64
>>
>> I suppose that QEMU should not require edk2 on architectures other than
>> ARM and x86.
>
> edk2-* packages are noarch. Secondary architectures should imho import
> built binary packages into repository.
They do if the whole package is noarch. There is no automatic means of
doing this in arch/noarch packages.
> Qemu allows you to emulate several architectures on many architectures -
> basically any Fedora supported one (primary or secondary) on any of them.
>
> qemu-system-{x86,aarch64,arm,x86-64} may use UEFI binary to run VM.
Yes, which is why there's the dependency.
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