Current FTBFS packages (was Re: [ACTION REQUIRED] Retiring packages for Fedora 21)

[Al Dunsmuir]

On Monday, June 9, 2014, 12:08:13 PM, Richard Jones wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 08, 2014 at 09:18:12PM -0500, Dennis Gilmore wrote:
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>> On Mon, 9 Jun 2014 00:01:34 +0100
>> "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones at redhat.com> wrote:
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>> > On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 04:36:28PM -0400, Al Dunsmuir wrote:
>> > > On Monday, June 2, 2014, 2:53:33 PM, Till Mass wrote:
>> > > > On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 11:01:53AM +0200, Dan Horák wrote:
>> > > >> On Sun, 1 Jun 2014 11:24:09 +0200
>> > > >> Till Maas <opensource at till.name> wrote:
>> > > 
>> > > >> > yaboot                           dwmw2, dwmw2, fkocina,
>> > > >> 
>> > > >> this is a secondary arch only package since F-12, so it should be
>> > > >> excluded from the FTBFS list in primary koji
>> > > 
>> > > > Actually according to Dennis this is a ppc32 package that can be
>> > > > retired, because ppc32 support is being dropped.
>> > > 
>> > > Till,
>> > > 
>> > > Please do not start deleting ppc32-only packages.
>> > > 
>> > > A  few  of  us  would  like  to resurrect ppc32, likely initially
>> > > as a Fedora   Remix.   Deleting  ppc32-only  packages  just  adds
>> > > more work to that effort.
>> > 
>> > Plus yaboot is still needed to boot ppc64 Macs, even on F20/F21.
>> 
>> no it doesn't that part of why ppc is no longer built at all.  f20 uses
>> yaboot for dvd and grub2 for the installed system, f21 is using grub2
>> everywhere.

> I have a Fedora 20 ppc64 Mac right next to my feet here that is
> definitely booting using yaboot.

> Rich.

The intent appears to have been to eliminate yaboot for F20 ppc64, but
the implementation did not go smoothly. There were residual references
to   yaboot   in   the  configuration  created  by  Anaconda, that can
even leave the resulting system in limbo.

See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=876625 and
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1020112

I've   had   no   luck  getting a PowerMac G5 (Radeon 9600) install to
complete with either F20 ppc DVD or Netboot, or the RHEL7 ppc64 RC.

This  makes looking at problems like the FTBFS for hfsplus-tools a tad
problematic.

I'd really like to get a local working Rawhide Live-DVD build running,
since  there  are  no current ppc64 (or ppc) Live-DVD spins or updated
F20 install media.

Al

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