[Mageia-dev] [RPM] 1 core/updates_testing kernel-2.6.38.8-5.mga1

Thu Sep 1 09:54:38 CEST 2011

Thomas Backlund skrev 1.9.2011 10:52:
+> Thierry Vignaud skrev 1.9.2011 09:53:
+>> On 1 September 2011 04:24, Mageia Team<buildsystem-daemon at mageia.org>   wrote:
+>>> - convert kernel-source to noarch
+>
+> We already ship kernel-source unprepared (since 2.6.26-0.rc9.1mnb), so
+> it has not really been arch specific for a long time.
+>
+> So tagging it as noarch matches reality.
+>
+> And it saves space on the mirrors.
+>
+>>> - drop debug-latest rpms as they are not really used
+>
+> I dropped theese so I didn't have to rename them to *-latest-debug.
+>
+> and I seriously doubt anyone wants automatic download and install of
+> ~250MB rpms with a on disk size of ~1TB.
+
+That would of course be ~1GB :)
+>
+>>> - rename debug rpms so the name ends with -debug like all other debug packages
+>>
+>
+> Mageia buildsystem nowdays does not accept upload to debug media unless
+> package ends with -debug. And in order to not have to use workarounds
+> for kernel in bs/upload system I renamed the debug package.
+>
+>> errr... why backport those?
+>> This is not needed for an update kernel and might be a little
+>> intrusive for an update...
+>
+> Answers above...
+>
+> --
+> Thomas
+
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