[Fedora-packaging] ExclusiveArch and dependencies

[Farkas Levente]

On 01/24/2011 12:38 AM, Björn Persson wrote:
> I have a question regarding the use of ExclusiveArch.
> 
> At https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures#ExcludeArch_.26_ExclusiveArch 
> it says that only packages which are exclusively architecture-specific should 
> use ExclusiveArch. Is it appropriate to extend this to packages which aren't 
> architecture-specific themselves, but which depend on a package that is 
> available only on some architectures?
> 
> The reason why I'm asking is that some packages with Ada code which I maintain 
> can't be built on architectures where Gnat, the Ada compiler, is unavailable, 
> and apparently this annoys the people who work on secondary architectures. The 
> proposed workaround is to add ExclusiveArch entries to the Ada packages, 
> listing the architectures where the gcc-gnat package is available, and then 
> update those entries when someone manages to bootstrap Gnat on a new 
> architecture. I'd like to know if this use of ExclusiveArch is acceptable, or 
> if I'll run the risk of being told that it's against the rules and must be 
> removed.

imho it could be a solution, but unfortunately rh and fedora think it's
differently:-( since if the package is noarch then koji can send it to
any builder (even if you have exclusicearch:-() so your package wont
compile sometime...

ps. the same happened with me with gstreamer-java when ppc version of
java always crash. and i ask it a few year ago.. that's the only reason
why gstreamer-java is not noarch:-((

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