I tried test https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_Mediakit_Repoclosure for Fedora-Server-dvd-ppc64le-28_Beta-1.3.iso for powerpc, I used old method with repoclosure command mount -o loop Fedora-Server-dvd-ppc64le-28_Beta-1.3.iso /media dnf install yum-utils repoclosure -a ppc64le --repofrompath myrepo,/media/ --newest -t -r myrepo ... package: phpMyAdmin-4.7.8-1.fc28.noarch from myrepo unresolved deps: (php-composer(google/recaptcha) >= 1.1 with php-composer(google/recaptcha) < 2) (php-composer(phpmyadmin/motranslator) >= 4.0 with php-composer(phpmyadmin/motranslator) < 5) (php-composer(phpmyadmin/shapefile) >= 2.0 with php-composer(phpmyadmin/shapefile) < 3) (php-composer(phpmyadmin/sql-parser) >= 4.2.3 with php-composer(phpmyadmin/sql-parser) < 5) (php-composer(phpseclib/phpseclib) >= 2.0.9 with php-composer(phpseclib/phpseclib) < 3) (php-composer(tecnickcom/tcpdf) >= 6.2 with php-composer(tecnickcom/tcpdf) < 7) expected result: none "unresolved deps" should be reported. This problem is present on ppc64 and ppc64le
repoclosure is unable to handle rich dependencies... so looks like a false positive
ok I close this bug then, rpmdeplint should be used for this test but it looks like rpmdeplint does not support powerpc, thanks.