On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:52:42 -0400, Braden wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 11:40 -0400, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> > On 07/06/2010 01:50 AM, Braden McDaniel wrote:
> > > James Antill added this text re: when Requires should *not* be
> > > arch-specific:
> > >
> > > A package has a Build-Requires on a specific arch. library
> > > (because rpmbuild evaluates the %{_isa} at .src.rpm buildtime,
> > > and not at .src.rpm => .arch.rpm build time).
> > >
> > > I don't understand what this is saying. Can anyone put this in more
> > > lucid terms?
> >
> > Lets say you have BuildRequires: foo%{?_isa}. Koji makes the SRPM on a
> > ppc builder, so %{_isa} is evaluated as (ppc-32). The SRPM is then
> > handed to an x86_64 builder to build for x86_64, but it cannot meet the
> > BuildRequires because foo(ppc-32) is not found.
>
> Okay... So if I now understand correctly, this doesn't involve Requires
> at all.
The spec file's BuildRequires become the src.rpm's Requires.
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