On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 8:41 AM Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You should not do that, see the "Do not use noarch" part of: > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/#_packaging_header_only_libraries I've been meaning to bring that up. The rationale for not using noarch has two parts. Part 1: "A library should have tests which should be run on all architectures." The tests can be built and run in %check without including them in the binary RPM. In that case, the fact that the library has tests, and that the tests are actually used, has no bearing on the noarch/arch-specific status of the binary package. Part 2: "The install process may modify the installed headers depending on the build architecture." If that is true, then the package must be arch-specific, as the installed files are not the same on all architectures. If that is false, then the package can be noarch, as the installed files are the same on all architectures. For those reasons, I think the "Do not use noarch" section ought to be replaced with something like the following: Be cautious about noarch Some header-only libraries can be noarch, but be cautious: some cannot. Many header-only libraries include tests, demos, or examples which are built for all architectures. If any of the built artifacts are included in the binary RPM, then it cannot be noarch. Also, the install process may modify the installed headers depending on the build architecture. If that is done, the package cannot be noarch. If a packager wishes to make a header-only library package be noarch, the packager must carefully check that the installed files are exactly the same on all architectures. Note that this check must be repeated when new versions of the library are released. -- Jerry James http://www.jamezone.org/ _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
