[Mageia-dev] noarch packages containing binaries should be rejected

Mon Apr 2 11:43:40 CEST 2012

'Twas brillig, and Kamil Rytarowski at 02/04/12 10:26 did gyre and gimble:
+> On 02.04.2012 11:20, Sander Lepik wrote:
+>> 02.04.2012 12:04, Kamil Rytarowski kirjutas:
+>>> But then we have got again 32-bit software marked as noarch
+>>> (Skype,..). And people seem too lazy to add 1 simple source for it..
+>> Since when does get-skype contain such objects or any binary?
+>> get-skype won't trigger such warning so i see no problem here.
+>>
+>> -- 
+>> Sander
+>>
+> I'm personally maintaining Full Recall (fullrecall) and following this
+> get-skype rule, to push it into noarch - because people cannot find
+> it... of course I can make a walk around to push the binaries directly
+> from the website... but this isn't needed, since the author allows to
+> redistribute it.
+
+Remember that get-skype is just a downloading script.
+
+If it works the same way as get-skype, then it the package itself does
+not *contain* any binaries, but simply downloads them at install time.
+
+I'd say this is fair enough. But if it does contain binaries, then it is
+not noarch. I think this is a clear cut definition.
+
+The correct fix for this fullrecall package is simply to fix it to build
+under 64 bit.
+
+Col
+
+-- 
+
+Colin Guthrie
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