Hi,
Fedora carries some "C/C++" "template"/"header-only" packages (Packages
which contain C/C++-headers only).
Typically, these packages are being built "BuildArch: noarch".
== These packages are supposed to be arch-independent.
In reality, many of these packages often are wrapper headers, trying to
wrap to something highly OS-/arch-dependent, from system-headers and
compiler built-ins defines.
I.e. though these packages are supposed to be arch-independent, there is
no guarantee nor check whether these packages actually are arch-independent.
I am proposing to:
Proposal:
All "C/C++-template/header-only packages" must be built using an
"arch'ed BuildArch", with the resulting binary packages implemented as
"Arch: noarch"-subpackages.
Benefits:
- This would assure such packages would be built on all architectures
Fedora supports and not only the architecture noarch-packages are being
built.
- This would exercise potentially existing configuration-scripts on all
architectures and would allow to exercise test-scripts rsp. coding
examples (which can be regarded as compilation-checks) on all Fedora
supported architectures.
Comments, opinions?
Ralf
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