On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:44:41PM -0500, Rex Dieter wrote: > Dennis Gilmore wrote: > >On Friday 30 March 2007 12:13:40 pm Michael E Brown wrote: > > >>Firmware-addon-dell is a noarch package. So if you use "ExclusiveArch: > >>...", it fails to build. The reason I put in the ExcludeArch line was to > >>keep the compose scripts from dropping it into the ppc fedora repo. I am > >>perfectly happy to add additional excludearch directives if you send me a > >>patch. > > > >Then its not a noarch package. while it does not compile it is arch > >specific and should be treated as such. > > I recall debating this a bit in the Packaging committee... I think > you're right, see, > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/GuidelinesTodo > "arch-specific script packages" umm... note that this section is titled, "Things to be *considered* for Packaging Guidelines". If it was a packaging guideline, it would be filed under /PackagingGuidelines. There have been a couple of recent threads about this, and the answer has always been: add an "ExcludeArch:" line so that the compose scripts skip that pkg for those named repos. There never has been an official ruling or consensus that I have seen to make this official. And at that point, you break my upgrade path, as last time I checked, yum would not upgrade a .noarch pkg to a (eg.) .i386 package or vice-versa. -- Michael -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
