rpms/revisor/F-7 revisor.spec,1.7,1.8 sources,1.8,1.9

[Jeroen van Meeuwen]

Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:04:27 -0400, Jeroen van Meeuwen (kanarip) wrote:
> 
>> Author: kanarip
>>
>> Update of /cvs/pkgs/rpms/revisor/F-7
>> In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv10220/F-7
>>
>> Modified Files:
>> 	revisor.spec sources 
>> Log Message:
>> 2.0.3.12-2
> 
>> -BuildArch: noarch
>> +BuildArch: noarch ppc ppc64
> 
> You seem to be confused about why your "%ifnarch" usage in the spec
> doesn't work. It is because you build "noarch", where the arch doesn't
> matter. It is an arch-independent build. Unless the compose tool is
> broken, it would still ship the noarch build for ppc/ppc64. 
> Apparently, you now want to hack the buildarch parameter and create
> multiple builds of the package: noarch with Requires livecd-tools, and
> arch-specific ppc/ppc64 without Requires livecd-tools.
> 
> This is something that has been a topic before. A "noarch" package
> which depends on arch-specific packages, which are not available for
> all arches, cannot really be noarch or should use ExcludeArch properly
> (which is another ugly hack). The only alternative with current RPM is
> to not build "noarch". Then you can get your ifarch/ifnarch to work.
> 

Thanks, that figures. ExcludeArch is back in, %if(n)arch magic is out.

Kind regards,

Jeroen van Meeuwen
-kanarip