[Rpm-maint] [rpm-software-management/rpm] [RFE] Provide install time alternative to `%{?_isa}` (#1344)

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Le mer. 26 août 2020 à 15:00, Vít Ondruch <notifications at github.com> a
écrit :

> It would be nice if we had install time alternative to %{?_isa}. That
> would help to pull in the right arch package from noarch package.
>
> My use case is to have rubygem-ruby-vips, where this is noarch package is
> using libffi to load libraries, to `Requires: "libvips.so.42%{?_isa}",
> where this would pull in the right library according to target installation
> platform.
>
> This [1 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1870275>] is the
> original ticket I have reported against DNF just to just discover that DNF
> is doing the right thing when rubygem-ruby-vips specifies only Requires:
> "libvips.so.42. Obviously, specifying Requires: "libvips.so.42%{?_isa}
> would not improve the situation, because the randomly used builder arch
> would make the issue even worse.
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One could argue that such a noarch package isn't really noarch anymore…
Maybe it's better to make it arched in such a case…


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