On Tue, 05 May 2020 22:19:59 +0200 Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Hi, > > TL;DR: should NATTkA reject request to keyword on arch if the ebuild has > '-arch' (or '-*') in KEYWORDS already? > > > Background: I've recently been rekeywording two packages that gained > dependency on gevent. When I was mass-requesting rekeywording, it > escaped my attention that gevent is explicitly marked '-ia64'. The arch > team apparently got mad at me and added gevent to their package.mask to > make its breakage more explicit. > > I think it would make sense if NATTkA detected '-ia64' there and told me > that the package is keyword-masked on ia64. > > The flip side is that it would prevent people from using NATTkA to > restore keywords that were marked '-arch' before. Of course, if this > would ever be necessary it could easily be resolved via removing '-arch' > first or adding some extra hack. > > WDYT? Play it safe. -* is frequently used for binary packages where an arch will simply either work or it won't, with little likelihood of the situation changing. -arch is so rare that I don't recall ever seeing it. In either case, restoring an arch should be an explicit action. -- James Le Cuirot (chewi) Gentoo Linux Developer
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