Noarch subpackage problem

[Toshio Kuratomi]

Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
>> It's no more dangerous but it is more prone to error.  For instance,
>> without the ability to make noarch subpackages, header files would be
>> included in an arch specific -devel package without question.  Now the
>> possibility arises to put headers in a noarch subpackage instead so
>> packagers need to check that the headers do not contain arch specific
>> code.  This is an additional piece of information and an additional
>> check that packagers will have to know to perform.
> 
> Arch-specific header files cause multilib conflicts and as such need to be
> fixed anyway. If noarch subpackages get them noticed quicker, that's a good
> thing.
> 
Yep but they'll only get noticed quicker if we check for that.  There's
currently no checking going on that will catch this.

-Toshio

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