Description of problem: common/Makefile.common determines the rpm --target parameter in a way which breaks builds of spec files generating noarch subpackages. As soon as there is a "Buildarch: noarch" like ANYwhere in the spec file (i.e. within a "%package foo" section), common/Makefile.common just builds the WHOLE package as noarch. The relevant lines from common/Makefile.common: LOCALARCH := $(if $(shell grep -i '^BuildArch:.*noarch' $(SPECFILE)), noarch, $(shell uname -m)) local: $(LOCALARCH) $(ARCHES) : sources $(TARGETS) $(RPM_WITH_DIRS) --target $@ -ba $(SPECFILE) 2>&1 | tee .build-$(VERSION)-$(RELEASE).log ; exit $${PIPESTATUS[0]} Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2009-02-26 package CVS How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. cvs co libxcb 2. cd libxcb/devel 3. make local Actual results: rpmbuild --define "_sourcedir /home/uli/src/fedora/FEDORA/libxcb/devel" --define "_specdir /home/uli/src/fedora/FEDORA/libxcb/devel" --define "_builddir /home/uli/src/fedora/FEDORA/libxcb/devel" --define "_srcrpmdir /home/uli/src/fedora/FEDORA/libxcb/devel" --define "_rpmdir /home/uli/src/fedora/FEDORA/libxcb/devel" --define "dist .fc11" --define "fedora 11" --define "fc11 1" --target noarch -ba libxcb.spec 2>&1 | tee .build-1.2-2.fc11.log ; exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]} [...] [ some error ] Expected results: rpmbuild --define "_sourcedir /home/uli/src/fedora/FEDORA/libxcb/devel" --define "_specdir /home/uli/src/fedora/FEDORA/libxcb/devel" --define "_builddir /home/uli/src/fedora/FEDORA/libxcb/devel" --define "_srcrpmdir /home/uli/src/fedora/FEDORA/libxcb/devel" --define "_rpmdir /home/uli/src/fedora/FEDORA/libxcb/devel" --define "dist .fc11" --define "fedora 11" --define "fc11 1" --target <XXXX> -ba libxcb.spec 2>&1 | tee .build-1.2-2.fc11.log ; exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]} [...] [ eventual success ] with an <XXXX> of e.g. i386 or i686 or something similar. Additional info: While you have Makefile.common open in your editor, would you mind adding a comment line at the beginning to the effect of # Common Makefile for building RPMs [...] # Fedora bugzilla component: buildsystem ?
May be the following line could fix the problem as it ignores the BuildArch line if it is after the first %package directive. LOCALARCH := $(if $(shell grep -m 1 -i '^BuildArch:.*noarch\|^%package' $(SPECFILE) | grep -i -v '^%package'), noarch, $(shell uname -m))
I have successfully checked "make --dry-run local" with LOCALARCH := $(if $(shell sed -n '/^%package/I q; /^buildarch:.*noarch/I {p;q}' $(SPECFILE)), noarch, $(shell uname -m)) locally with one pure-arch package (cstream), one pure-noarch package (terminus-fonts), and one arch package with noarch subpackage (nted).
Note that both proposed new LOCALARCH definitions should also work fine with a spec file suitable for building on F9, F10, and F11, looking similar to: # Only build noarch subpackages if distribution supports it %if 0%{?fedora} >= 11 %global noarch_subpackage BuildArch: noarch %else %global noarch_subpackage %{nil} %endif Name: something Version: 1.5.0 Release: 5%{?dist} Summary: Something Group: Applications/Stuff License: GPLv2+ URL: ... Source0: .../%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz BuildRoot: %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX) %description ... %package doc Group: Applications/Stuff Summary: Something's documentation and online help %{noarch_subpackage} %description doc Something's documentation and online help.
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