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rpm5 [2012-10-08 14:53]
baggins [Excluding dependencies]
rpm5 [2012-11-19 22:06]
baggins noarch subpackages
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 Regexp patterns for '''​%%_noauto*%%'''​ macros changed slightly, and '​('​ must be escaped now, for example: Regexp patterns for '''​%%_noauto*%%'''​ macros changed slightly, and '​('​ must be escaped now, for example:
  
-<​file>​%define ​__noautoreq ​'​perl\\(something::​.*\\)'​+<​file>​%define ​_noautoreq ​'​perl\\(something::​.*\\)'​
 </​file>​ </​file>​
  
 +==== noarch subpackages ====
 +
 +Rpm 5.x supports **noarch** subpackages,​ a feature that can save space on ftp server and mirrors and ease use of multiarch packages.
 +To use it within a package all what is needed is to put
 +
 +<​file>​BuildArch:​ noarch</​file>​
 +
 +in the preamble of a subpackage that should be/is architecture independent.
rpm5.txt · Last modified: 2015-01-13 16:01 by glen