On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 1:20 PM Ben Cotton <bcotton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RemoveGlibcHeaders > > == Summary == > It was always the intent that on Fedora for x86-64, only the > `glibc-headers.x86_64` was installed and available from composes. > However, due to compose tool limitations, the `glibc-headers.i686` > package sometimes leaks into the compose, and end users my install it, > causing future upgrade problems. > > == Owner == > * Name: [[User:fweimer| Florian Weimer]] > * Email: [mailto:fweimer@xxxxxxxxxx fweimer@xxxxxxxxxx] > > == Detailed Description == > > If `glibc-headers.i686` is installed for some reason and it vanishes > again from the compose, the system cannot be updated anymore using > `dnf update`. > > We cannot remove the `glibc-headers.i686` package from the build > because the i686 buildroot needs it. The current solution is to > provide a `glibc-headers-x86.noarch` package on i686 and x86_64. Since > it is a noarch package, the existing compose tool is no longer a > problem. > > [https://pagure.io/releng/issue/8337 releng issue #8337] contains > further background information. > Maybe this is a dumb question, but why do we not want to ship this? I can't seem to figure out why we keep trying to block it, what harm it causes to ship it, and so on... -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! _______________________________________________ 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
