Changelog 3/5/2009 New in Version 4.76.24-3

[Julian Field]

On 05/05/2009 08:41, Eli Wapniarski wrote:
> One more query.
>
> One thing I don't understand, is the use of the BuildArch: parameter in the spec file.
>
> > From my understanding... rpm will automatically figure out the platform that a package is being built for. I get similar output for serveral packages when building on my server. One of things that you will notice is that there is a line that reads
>
> Requires: libc.so.6()(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) rtld(GNU_HASH)
>
>
> Processing files: perl-IO-1.2301-4-noarch
> Provides: IO.so()(64bit) perl(IO) = 1.23 perl(IO::Dir) = 1.06 perl(IO::File) = 1.14 perl(IO::Handle) = 1.27 perl(IO::Pipe) = 1.13 perl(IO::Pipe::End) perl(IO::Poll) = 0.07 perl(IO::Seekable) = 1.10 perl(IO::Select) = 1.17 perl(IO::Socket) = 1.30 perl(IO::Socket::INET) = 1.31 perl(IO::Socket::UNIX) = 1.23
> Requires(rpmlib): rpmlib(CompressedFileNames)<= 3.0.4-1 rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix)<= 4.0-1 rpmlib(VersionedDependencies)<= 3.0.3-1
> Requires: libc.so.6()(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) rtld(GNU_HASH)
> error: Arch dependent binaries in noarch package
>
>
> RPM build errors:
>      Arch dependent binaries in noarch package
>
>
> Please correct me where appropriate. I am only trying to gain a better understanding as to what's involved in the packaging and rebuilding.
>
> So... from what I'm reading the error being generated is correct in that libc on 64bit platform can either be the x86_64 library or the i386 library (if the i386 support files are included). Be that as it may, on my x86_64 bit platform I only want to compile and rebuild 64bit libraries (perl modules included). From my understanding Mailscanner itself is platform agnostic in that it is a script and will run properly if the environment variables are set correctly.
>
> So I guess in the end I'm asking why not remove the
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> BuildArch: noarch
>
> from the spec file?
I can't remove it altogether, as the BuildArch selects where the RPM 
file is put, which I need to know to be able to install it. I admit that 
some of the BuildArch settings are just plain wrong, but it doesn't 
affect the installed system or the execution of MailScanner one jot, so 
I've never bothered fixing them. There are simply more important things 
than something that purely affects a bit of metadata which no-one ever 
uses anyway.

Jules

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