ppc and ppc64 packages in the repos (was: Re: packages online, comps files in cvs)

[Michael Schwendt]

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:32:55 +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:

> > Many ppc64 rpms are located inside the normal ppc repository. And the ppc64 
> > repository itself contains only one singel rpm. Is this indended? 

Clearly wrong. Only the noarch pkgs went on the ppc64 repos.
 
> The first is afaik intended, as ppc64 just like x86_64 is 
> biarch/multilib arch; PPCs system will just ignore the ppc64 packages. 
> It's the same in Fedora; see
> 
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/9/ppc/
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/9/Everything/ppc/os/Packages/
> 
> 
> The latter IMHO is not intended, but likely the way the push scripts 
> from Extras/EPEL work/are designed. Fedora at least ships the ppc64 rpms 
> in a dedicated repo as well:
> 
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/9/ppc64/
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/9/Everything/ppc64/os/Packages/
> 
> dwmw2, mschwendt?

It's old "basearch" code that is broken. :(

"cvs up Push.py", please.

ppc64 was not supported in Fedora Extras and isn't used in EPEL either.