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
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>> 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
>
>
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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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