Re: problem with packaging Java program (clapham) for EL6: noarch vs. ExclusiveArch

2011-05-01 Thread Eric Smith
Kevin Kofler wrote: > AFAIK, you can only use ExcludeArch for noarch packages, not ExclusiveArch. A search reveals that Matthias Saou ran into this problem in 2007: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-maintainers/2007-May/msg00738.html It was recommended that a ticket be opened against k

Re: problem with packaging Java program (clapham) for EL6: noarch vs. ExclusiveArch

2011-05-01 Thread Eric Smith
I wrote: > package: clapham-0.1.003-4.el6.noarch from fedora-epel-testing-6-ppc64 > unresolved deps: >java>= 1:1.6.0 Ville Skyttä wrote: > This is not an answer to your question, but if the above is exactly as > is from the mail you received, something needs a fix: the dependency is >

Re: illegal instruction - create compile variants ?

2011-05-01 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 02.05.2011 00:50, schrieb David Timms: > Further, what can I run over an existing executable to detect what CPU > it was built for, ie what instuctions have been included? not really the application must cpu-runtime-detect itself what means taht for performance-critical parts different code

Re: illegal instruction - create compile variants ?

2011-05-01 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 08:50:48AM +1000, David Timms wrote: > On 02/05/11 06:31, Kevin Kofler wrote: > > David Timms wrote: > >> Should I be suggesting to upstream to attempt to detect CPU before > >> running non-available instructions, eg as part of app startup ? > Further, what can I run over an

F-15 Branched report: 20110501 changes

2011-05-01 Thread Branched Report
Compose started at Sun May 1 13:15:39 UTC 2011 Broken deps for x86_64 -- claws-mail-plugins-geolocation-3.7.8-8.fc15.x86_64 requires libchamplain-gtk-0.8.so.1()(64bit) claws-mail-plugins-geolocation-3.7.8-8.fc15.x86_64 requi

Re: illegal instruction - create compile variants ?

2011-05-01 Thread David Timms
On 02/05/11 06:31, Kevin Kofler wrote: > David Timms wrote: >> Should I be suggesting to upstream to attempt to detect CPU before >> running non-available instructions, eg as part of app startup ? Further, what can I run over an existing executable to detect what CPU it was built for, ie what inst

adding manual to existing package - soft review ?

2011-05-01 Thread David Timms
Hi, I'm adding a subpackage -manual to audacity to include the additional manual archive. It links from the help menu items if it is installed, or else points you to the in development online version. I already made a mistake and included manual files in both the main and sub package. The spec

Re: problem with packaging Java program (clapham) for EL6: noarch vs. ExclusiveArch

2011-05-01 Thread Kevin Kofler
Eric Smith wrote: > Is there some way to have a noarch package that only builds for (or is > only pushed for) specific architectures? Or is there some other correct > resolution for this kind of problem? AFAIK, you can only use ExcludeArch for noarch packages, not ExclusiveArch. Kevin Ko

Re: Thunderbird updates mixed up in F14

2011-05-01 Thread Kevin Kofler
Michael Schwendt wrote: > Rather find and fix the bug that is the cause of this. There have been > a few updates like that recently, again. > > The 3.1.10-1.fc14 package is tagged dist-f14-updates already: > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=241265 > > So, during the compose

Re: illegal instruction - create compile variants ?

2011-05-01 Thread Kevin Kofler
David Timms wrote: > Should I be suggesting to upstream to attempt to detect CPU before > running non-available instructions, eg as part of app startup ? Yes, this is the ONLY solution that's acceptable for binary packaging in distributions. Otherwise, we can only build the most generic version.

Re: illegal instruction - create compile variants ?

2011-05-01 Thread Kevin Kofler
Hans de Goede wrote: > Erm, specifying a minimum support CPU in the package description is > not acceptable IMHO. The fix here is to patch the packages buildsystem, > so that it gets build for the minimum cpu level which is supported by > Fedora, and thus will work out of the box on all systems Fed

Re: libevent-1.4.13 compatbility

2011-05-01 Thread Matej Cepl
Dne 1.5.2011 03:04, Kevin Kofler napsal(a): > - or you'll do this, upstream will reject it just because and we end up with > forked-forked-daapd… ;-) Given my level of proficiency in C, the most likely scenario is that I won't have forked-daapd server for some time more. Oh well. Matěj -- deve

Re: Thunderbird updates mixed up in F14

2011-05-01 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Sun, 1 May 2011 16:31:29 +0200, me wrote: > > Please can the maintainers of thunderbird push thunderbird 3.1.10 again? > > Rather find and fix the bug that is the cause of this. There have been > a few updates like that recently, again. > > The 3.1.10-1.fc14 package is tagged dist-f14-update

Re: Thunderbird updates mixed up in F14

2011-05-01 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Sun, 01 May 2011 15:53:10 +0200, CK wrote: > Hi, > > Beginning of today "package-cleanup --orphans" reports > thunderbird-3.1.10-1.fc14.i686 as orphan in F14. > > "yum clean all; yum list thunderbird" reports thunderbird-3.1.9-2.fc14 > as newest thunderbird package in the repositories. Howeve

Thunderbird updates mixed up in F14

2011-05-01 Thread Christian Krause
Hi, Beginning of today "package-cleanup --orphans" reports thunderbird-3.1.10-1.fc14.i686 as orphan in F14. "yum clean all; yum list thunderbird" reports thunderbird-3.1.9-2.fc14 as newest thunderbird package in the repositories. However, at one point in time thunderbird-3.1.10-1.fc14.i686 must h

Re: illegal instruction - create compile variants ?

2011-05-01 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 01.05.2011 09:56, schrieb David Timms: > Should I be suggesting to upstream to attempt to detect CPU before > running non-available instructions, eg as part of app startup ? > Can that even be done (reliably)? ffmpeg has since years a option "--enable-runtime-cpudetect" what makes the binary

Re: illegal instruction - create compile variants ?

2011-05-01 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
On Sun, May 01, 2011 at 05:56:57PM +1000, David Timms wrote: > Should I be suggesting to upstream to attempt to detect CPU before > running non-available instructions, eg as part of app startup ? > Can that even be done (reliably) ? This is exactly what they should be doing, and yes it can be don

Re: tomboy orphaned

2011-05-01 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 05/01/2011 09:57 AM, Steven Yong wrote: > On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Pete Zaitcev wrote: >> Just use Gnote. It being in C++ you can even maintain it for Fedora. >> > Is Gnote orphaned now too? No. I just pushed a new upstream release as an update for Fedora 15. https://admin.fedorapro

rawhide report: 20110501 changes

2011-05-01 Thread Rawhide Report
Compose started at Sun May 1 08:15:02 UTC 2011 Broken deps for x86_64 -- beldi-0.9.25-3.fc15.x86_64 requires libhal-storage.so.1()(64bit) beldi-0.9.25-3.fc15.x86_64 requires libhal.so.1()(64bit) beldi-0.9.25-3.fc15.x8

Re: problem with packaging Java program (clapham) for EL6: noarch vs. ExclusiveArch

2011-05-01 Thread Ville Skyttä
On 05/01/2011 09:46 AM, Eric Smith wrote: > package: clapham-0.1.003-4.el6.noarch from fedora-epel-testing-6-ppc64 >unresolved deps: > java>= 1:1.6.0 This is not an answer to your question, but if the above is exactly as is from the mail you received, something needs a fix: the dependen

Re: illegal instruction - create compile variants ?

2011-05-01 Thread David Timms
On 01/05/11 17:41, Hans de Goede wrote: > Erm, specifying a minimum support CPU in the package description is > not acceptable IMHO. The fix here is to patch the packages buildsystem, > so that it gets build for the minimum cpu level which is supported by > Fedora, and thus will work out of the box

Re: illegal instruction - create compile variants ?

2011-05-01 Thread Hans de Goede
Hi, On 05/01/2011 09:14 AM, David Timms wrote: > On 01/05/11 16:47, Ralf Corsepius wrote: >> Rpm's and Fedora's philosophy is to let rpm specify/dictate CFLAGS, >> which packages are supposed to respect. > Yes, I still have VSs bug (514991) regarding opt flags still open. > > So, for the lesser CP

Re: illegal instruction - create compile variants ?

2011-05-01 Thread David Timms
On 01/05/11 16:47, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > Rpm's and Fedora's philosophy is to let rpm specify/dictate CFLAGS, > which packages are supposed to respect. Yes, I still have VSs bug (514991) regarding opt flags still open. So, for the lesser CPU problem, does that mean I just suggest, rebuild srpm o