rpms/firmware-addon-dell/EL-4 .cvsignore, 1.2, 1.3 firmware-addon-dell.spec, 1.1, 1.2 sources, 1.2, 1.3

[Rex Dieter]

Michael E Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:44:41PM -0500, Rex Dieter wrote:

>> I recall debating this a bit in the Packaging committee... I think 
>> you're right, see,
>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/GuidelinesTodo
>> "arch-specific script packages"

> umm... note that this section is titled, "Things to be *considered* for
> Packaging Guidelines". If it was a packaging guideline, it would be
> filed under /PackagingGuidelines.

good point!  This one deserves more discussion.

Upon further reflection, I'm not sure the proposed guideline applies in 
this case anyway, ie, it's not a package containing scripts that use 
arch-specific tools/packages, or is it?

> There have been a couple of recent threads about this, and the answer
> has always been: add an "ExcludeArch:" line so that the compose scripts
> skip that pkg for those named repos.

Right, that's just the (general) method to omit .noarch packages from 
certain archs.

> And at that point, you break my upgrade path, as
> last time I checked, yum would not upgrade a .noarch pkg to a (eg.)
> .i386 package or vice-versa.

Yeah, that gets unfun fast.

-- Rex