ARM Architecture - Package Updates in git
The ARM Secondary Arch project[0] is working on an F15 release for the
existing armv5tel architecture as well as the new armv7hl architecture
(with hardfp ABI). This effort has been previously announced and is
ongoing. A number of minor package changes are required as a result of
this effort:
(1) In a number of spec files, hardcoded armv5tel references (or other
arm arch names) need to be changed to %{arm}
(2) F15 brings arm-compatible releases of a number of languages, such as
ocaml. Therefore packages which were previously %ignorearch %{arm} can
now be built on arm.
(3) Arch-specific conditionals may be required for alternate build
dependencies, flags, or steps (e.g., tests failing due to test flaws on
ARM rather than flaws in the built software).
Patches for these minor changes will be directly applied to
F15/F16/master branches in accordance with
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Who_is_allowed_to_modify_which_packages#Min...
; larger changes will be filed as bugs, where appropriate.
The list of affected packages (growing) is at
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Fedora15_HardFP_Bootstra...
-Chris
[0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Arch:ARM ;
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm ;
irc://irc.freenode.net/fedora-arm