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#1 2006-12-01 18:58:43
- phrakture
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To all PKGBUILDers
Hey everyone,
I just wanted to let you all know that the current "development" makepkg checks for the existance of an 'arch' variable before building the package. Please, if you can, begin adding 'arch=(i686)' to your PKGBUILDs (unless you've tested it on other architectures, too).
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#2 2006-12-01 21:05:21
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Re: To all PKGBUILDers
any more documentation on this? like does leaving x86_64 out mean that it won't build on a 64bit system?
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#3 2006-12-01 21:14:19
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Re: To all PKGBUILDers
Well, basically it's just a guideline. The way the arch repos do it is that the Arch64 guys come through later, build it, then tack x86_64 onto the end assuming success.
Think of it as a little "hey it builds and works on this architecture" check. Like md5sums, they can be ignored at buildtime, but it is "good practice" to notate the architectures.
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#4 2006-12-01 21:25:04
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Re: To all PKGBUILDers
gotcha. last question: does this require a bump to pkgrel?
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#5 2006-12-01 21:46:31
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Re: To all PKGBUILDers
no. right now it is only for makepkg (much like md5sums), so a new package will be identical to the old.
edit: and also, this isn't released just yet - you have lots of time 8)
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#6 2007-02-04 06:57:51
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#7 2007-02-12 18:47:54
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Re: To all PKGBUILDers
Erm, will the example PKGBUILD in ABS be update with the arch=(i686) as default?
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#8 2007-02-12 19:34:21
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Re: To all PKGBUILDers
Yes, PKGBUILD.proto will be updated with new changes from makepkg.
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#9 2007-02-13 02:44:53
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Re: To all PKGBUILDers
Will makepkg3 and pacman3-style packages install fine with pacman ( old ) ? Or should I just update the PKGBUILD's, and then rebuild close to pacman3 release?
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#10 2007-02-13 08:12:55
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Re: To all PKGBUILDers
they'll install no problems. The arch=() variable has been in a lot of repository packages for a while.
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#11 2007-02-13 16:25:46
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Re: To all PKGBUILDers
Will makepkg3 and pacman3-style packages install fine with pacman ( old ) ? Or should I just update the PKGBUILD's, and then rebuild close to pacman3 release?
I wouldn't built official packages with the new makepkg just yet. They _should_ work, in theory, and you'd have to rename them to remove the -ARCH suffix, but I don't know about pushing real repo packages built like that just yet.
Maybe test it out on a custom repo for a bit?
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