Dealing with ppc64 BRs

[Josh Boyer]

On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 15:01:44 +0200
Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 07:58:50AM -0500, Dennis Gilmore wrote:
> > Once upon a time Monday 06 August 2007, Axel Thimm wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > when ppc64 is missing some BRs the builds fail. I feel like it's
> > > overshooting to start having ExclusiveArchs/ExlcudeArchs, but maybe
> > > that's the way one needs to go with modern build systems ... :/
> > >
> > > More concrete mediawiki BR-depends on ocaml and that seems not to
> > > exist on ppc64 booming all builds. What's the proper way to fix this?
> > 
> > Get what you need built fpr ppc64.
> 
> ?
> 
> Should I volunteer to maintain package foo and bar on ppc64 becasue
> they are BRs to my baz?

David was working on ocaml at one point.  For now, ExcludeArch it and
file the appropriate ExcludeArch bug.  When ocaml is built, you can
remove it and rebuild.

josh