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

Thomas Backlund tmb at mageia.org
Thu Sep 1 10:05:11 CEST 2011


Florian Hubold skrev 1.9.2011 11:02:
> Am 01.09.2011 09:52, schrieb Thomas Backlund:
>> 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.
> How come? noarch packages are also copied to both arches.
> Or is there some other change which helps save space?


noarch packages are hardlinked between arch repos.

--
Thomas



More information about the Mageia-dev mailing list