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 <dev(a)apgrco.com> 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