[Mageia-dev] [RPM] 1 core/updates_testing kernel-2.6.38.8-5.mga1

Thomas Backlund tmb at mageia.org
Thu Sep 1 09:54:38 CEST 2011


Thomas Backlund skrev 1.9.2011 10:52:
> Thierry Vignaud skrev 1.9.2011 09:53:
>> On 1 September 2011 04:24, Mageia Team<buildsystem-daemon at mageia.org>   wrote:
>>> - convert kernel-source to noarch
>
> We already ship kernel-source unprepared (since 2.6.26-0.rc9.1mnb), so
> it has not really been arch specific for a long time.
>
> So tagging it as noarch matches reality.
>
> And it saves space on the mirrors.
>
>>> - drop debug-latest rpms as they are not really used
>
> I dropped theese so I didn't have to rename them to *-latest-debug.
>
> and I seriously doubt anyone wants automatic download and install of
> ~250MB rpms with a on disk size of ~1TB.

That would of course be ~1GB :)
>
>>> - rename debug rpms so the name ends with -debug like all other debug packages
>>
>
> Mageia buildsystem nowdays does not accept upload to debug media unless
> package ends with -debug. And in order to not have to use workarounds
> for kernel in bs/upload system I renamed the debug package.
>
>> errr... why backport those?
>> This is not needed for an update kernel and might be a little
>> intrusive for an update...
>
> Answers above...
>
> --
> Thomas



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