On Wed, 6 May 2009, James Laska wrote: > On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 07:52 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Wed, 6 May 2009, James Laska wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 07:30 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > > > p.s. what's the point of that search box anyway? if i type in > > > > "kernel", i get no hits. what's up with *that*? > > > > > > It depends on what's selected in the drop down list (Packages, Builds, > > > Users, Tags etc...). If I search for "kernel" with Packages selected, > > > it takes me to > > > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=8. > > > > ok, that works but there's still some weirdness happening. if i > > try the same thing with "kernel-devel", i get no hits, even though > > i *just* downloaded that from koji minutes ago. why wouldn't the > > "kernel-devel" package be found? > > When searching by Package, I believe that means searching by src.rpm > name. If you want to search for binary packages (like the packages > build from a src.rpm), try changing the search target from > "Packages" to "RPMs". > > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/search?match=glob&type=rpm&terms=kernel-devel* > > > and the package i'm really looking for is "kernel-firmware", > > which is a listed dependency of the koji kernel package. if i > > can't find the kernel-firmware package, i'm kind of stuck trying > > to install the kernel package. > > I *think* kernel-firmware is a noarch package, you might try adding > "--arch noarch" to the koji command. adding options to the koji command doesn't make much sense in the context of a search using the text box. but here's where it gets *really* weird. if i search (graphically) for "kernel-firmware" as an RPM, i get no hits. if, on the other hand, i search for the RE "kernel-f*", it shows up. the obvious test is then to search for "kernel-firmware*" as an RPM, which finds it. that's just weird. and totally non-intuitive. is it possible that that just happens to me? can anyone else reproduce that? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rpjday Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday ======================================================================== -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
