On 2017-05-11 13:14, Manuel Wolfshant wrote: > On 05/11/2017 02:08 PM, Zdenek Sedlak wrote: >> On 2017-05-11 11:58, Peter Robinson wrote: >>> On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 7:19 PM, Zdenek Sedlak <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I am interested to build an EPEL for i686 to support my CentOS 7 AltArch >>>> i686 setup. >>>> >>>> I know you are following RHEL's roadmap and i686 platform is not supported >>>> officially, but I am asking how I can start with this and be fully >>>> compliant >>>> with your processes. >>>> >>>> Idea 1 - EPEL will connect to CentOS AltArch SIG to support i686 builds to >>>> get an official packages. >>>> >>>> Idea 2 - I will take EPEL 7 SRPMS and build i686 on my own and not use the >>>> EPEL name for produced packages, but something else instead (AltPEL, APEL, >>>> ...) to not confuse EPEL users. >>>> >>>> What do you think? >>> This has been discussed a LOT. I suggest checking back through the >>> list archives and meeting notes for details. >>> >>> To summarise the problem that needs to be fixed is basically this: EL7 >>> moves quite a bit faster than older releases and rebases libraries >>> quite regularly so often packages need to be rebuilt when a new >>> release comes out. Problem is it takes some time for i686/ARMv7 to >>> catch up for the core release so we would end up in a situation where >>> things could be rebuild against two different versions, when the >>> secondary arches catch up they'll then be broken. >>> >>> The problem is quite well detailed, the problem is those that want the >>> fix don't seem to be interested in doing the work to get it. those >>> that could do it don't have the time or the interest in those >>> architectures on EPEL. >>> >>> Peter >>> _______________________________________________ >>> epel-devel mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> Thanks for your reply. >> >> So I will search though the lists and also I will start with Idea 2 >> (already prepared a build host for i686) to give it a try. >> >> Initially, I will need to check how many packages are >> architecture-dependent so see how much effort it will require to get >> a reasonable output. >> >> Building i686/ARM7 should not be bigger problem if the build setup >> supports it. >> >> Got some RPis at home, so I will test and update this thread later... >> >> Regarding the name - if I publish the repository and use AltPEL or >> APEL, is it OK for you? > > You might wish to join/talk with the CentOS guys, mainly with Fabian > Arrotin. There were already attempts to build EPEL for ARM and i686 > (see http://buildlogs.centos.org/ and https://armv7.dev.centos.org/ ). > > wolfy > > > _______________________________________________ > epel-devel mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Thanks, that's what I did initially, and they sent me here, because there already was some kind of discussion here.
//Zdenek
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