Bug 2142334 - `ExclusiveArch: %{zig_arches}` causes build failure in Fedora koji
Summary: `ExclusiveArch: %{zig_arches}` causes build failure in Fedora koji
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: zig
Version: 38
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jan Drögehoff
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Depends On: 2142363
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-11-13 06:11 UTC by Aleksei Bavshin
Modified: 2024-05-21 14:21 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2024-05-21 14:21:15 UTC
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Description Aleksei Bavshin 2022-11-13 06:11:07 UTC
Description of problem:
`ExclusiveArch: %{zig_arches}` causes build failure in Fedora koji.

This happens because koji srpm buildroot is populated with packages from @srpm-build group only (and that does not include zig-rpm-macros). In absense of the macros.zig, rpm will fail to resolve the `%zig_arches` macro and include it in the ExclusiveArch tag literally instead.
On the next step, koji would attempt to extract the list of architectures from the srpm and fail to do find any supported.

Example failed task: https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=92342564, which I worked around by inlining the %zig_arches definition in my spec file.

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The common solution is to split out a macro file with a single definition (`%zig_arches ...`) into a separate `zig-srpm-macros` package and add it to the list of dependencies for redhat-rpm-config:
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/redhat-rpm-config/blob/rawhide/f/redhat-rpm-config.spec#_109

You may notice that some of the *-srpm-macros are split from the language source packages (https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/{rust,fpc,nim}-srpm-macros are good examples). The reason is simple: any problem with a direct dependency of redhat-rpm-macros or an entry in @srpm-build will break the srpm buildroot. Separate source package ensures that a potential issue with the language package, including retirement or disappearance from the build tag, does not break everything.

tl;dr: we need a new source package `zig-srpm-macros` with a single file `/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.zig-srpm` containing a single line `%zig_arches ...`, which then should be added to redhat-rpm-config dependencies.

Comment 1 Ben Cotton 2023-02-07 15:11:12 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora Linux 38 development cycle.
Changing version to 38.

Comment 2 Aleksei Bavshin 2023-12-28 19:26:22 UTC
I can see `zig-srpm-macros` being pulled into the buildroot for recent rebuildSRPM tasks, so it should be fixed on rawhide.

Jan, are you planning to add the macros for stable releases?

Comment 3 Jan Drögehoff 2023-12-29 19:17:32 UTC
I thought about it, but I think its best to get 0.11 into Rawhide first.

I'm open to add it to Fedora 39 later.

Comment 4 Aoife Moloney 2024-05-07 15:52:15 UTC
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Comment 5 Aoife Moloney 2024-05-21 14:21:15 UTC
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