Spec files in Rawhide using ExclusiveArch: %{ocaml_arches}

[Dan Horák]

On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 14:14:25 +0100
"Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 03:12:21PM +0200, Dan Horák wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 13:32:04 +0100
> > "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones at redhat.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 08:19:11AM -0400, Jens Petersen wrote:
> > > > > > >Some OCaml spec files do the following:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >   ExclusiveArch: %{ocaml_arches}
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >This is always incorrect for several reasons:
> > > > 
> > > > Is %{ocaml_arches} used for anything?
> > > > 
> > > > In case not, maybe better to remove it?
> > > 
> > > I've removed it completely.  I'm updating the packages which
> > > used this macro.
> > > 
> > > (Unfortunately my original email on this subject is stuck in a
> > > moderator queue, so I've attached it here.)
> > 
> > But do you still need to bootstrap ocaml on the non-native arches to
> > get the bytecode interpreted one? Or is simply a build? I'm asking
> > because s390x as you could guess :-)
> 
> Just a straight build should work.  If the build fail(s/ed) on s390x
> can you point me to that, and I'll take a look.

fails on installed but unpackaged files, details were sent in private
mail 

> I'd *really* love someone to write a s390x native backend!  That would
> complete the set.

yeah, there is quite long list where s390(x) native backends are
missing :-( but from the ppc64le one it doesn't look that complex ...


		Dan