Package versions

dale77 · 2007-08-27 01:06:10

What's with this package version:

gcc 4.2.1-3.1

Why -3.1 instead of -4?

Just asking because if we ever do deltas the code will have to handle these weird package point releases.

Thanks

Dale

Last edited by dale77 (2007-08-27 01:06:31)

tardo · 2007-08-27 01:14:25

.1 is specific to x86_64.

dale77 · 2007-08-27 05:43:01

So as an i686 user I won't be bothered with it then?

Why not gcc-4.2.1-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz? Some backward compatibility thing?

Not quite getting it...

tardo · 2007-08-27 05:51:36

as far as I know, if a rebuild is required specifically for x64, then there isn't a need to bump pkgrel. just suffixing with .# was what the devs apparently agreed on. besides, if i686 was left at -3, and x64 went to -4, this might cause confusion in the future...

and yes, non x64 users need not be bothered.

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dale77 · 2007-08-27 10:11:56

pacman -Syu still downloads the -3.1 release to my i686 system, notwithstanding the change is x86_64 specific.

I think I would prefer they just call it -4. This point release business doesn't seem to be adding a whole lot of value.

What is the practical difference between an architecture specific fix and a fix for both architectures?

Last edited by dale77 (2007-08-27 10:17:52)

shining · 2007-08-27 11:32:16

http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch … 01402.html

dale77 · 2007-08-28 00:52:12

Thanks for that link to the thread.

So the aim is for i686 not to have to rebuild/download their package when x86_64 make their x86_64 specific mods?

It looks like the "download" part of that aim is not working today, as I had to pull down gcc-4.2.1-3.1 yesterday. I'll need to check that mine was definitely an "upgrade" from 4.2.1-3 to -3.1 though.

How does it go today I wonder?

1. i686 releases -3
2. x86_64 get the PKGBUILD and hack it a bit for their arch
3. x86_64 release a -3.1 so that the build system churns out a 64bit pkg, but i686 remains at -3?

Cerebral · 2007-08-28 00:59:56

The same can work in reverse.

1) i686 releases -3
2) x86_64 releases -3
3) i686 realizes there was a problem with their build of -3 (for example, debugging symbols accidentally left in, as was the case for gcc)
4) i686 releases -3.1

Just for the record, I don't like the decimal pkgrel versions either.

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