Re: [Scitech] Broken dependencies: Ray

[Sébastien Boisvert]

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> Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 15:25:15 +0200
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> Subject: Re: Broken dependencies: Ray
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> On Sun, 23 Feb 2014 07:58:25 -0500
> Sébastien Boisvert  wrote:
> > Hello SciTech group,
> >
> > The Ray packages fails rawhide build (f21) because of mpich (again).
> > The last time, it was because the package mpich changed its name from
> > mpich2 to mpich.
>
> (clip)
> > > Ray has broken dependencies in the rawhide tree:
> > > On x86_64:
> > > Ray-mpich-2.1.0-8.fc21.x86_64 requires libmpichcxx.so.10()(64bit)
> > > Ray-mpich-2.1.0-8.fc21.x86_64 requires libmpich.so.10()(64bit)
> > > On i386:
> > > Ray-mpich-2.1.0-8.fc21.i686 requires libmpichcxx.so.10
> > > Ray-mpich-2.1.0-8.fc21.i686 requires libmpich.so.10
> > > On armhfp:
> > > Ray-mpich-2.1.0-8.fc21.armv7hl requires libmpichcxx.so.10
> > > Ray-mpich-2.1.0-8.fc21.armv7hl requires libmpich.so.10
> > > Please resolve this as soon as possible.
>
> No, this is because mpich has had an unannounced soname bump once
> again. Soname bumps break requirements, so all dependent packages have
> to be rebuilt.

I see. Do I need to change Ray's spec file ?
> Again, the mpich maintainer who did the bump has not informed about
> this.
> > In the repository, it has no f21 branch. [1]
> >
> > coreutils [2] does not also have the f21 branch.
> >
> > The git for maintainers documentation [3] refers to the admin request documentation
> > for creating branches [4]. Therefore, I understand that I don't get to create the
> > branch myself.
> >
> > Therefore,  I suppose that the rawhide build is based on the master branch.
>
> Yes, rawhide is the master branch, and currently rawhide is f21. When
> f21 is branched, the master branch will become f22.

Thanks.
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> Susi Lehtola
> Fedora Project Contributor
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