Re: [PATCH 3/3] RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md: clarify scope of recent multiarch/dpkg-arch changes

["'Jan Kiszka' via isar-users" <isar-users@googlegroups.com>]

On 04.10.24 15:11, 'Cedric Hombourger' via isar-users wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Cedric Hombourger <cedric.hombourger@siemens.com>
> ---
>  RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md | 14 +++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md b/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md
> index 57b2205a..8c1e8fc8 100644
> --- a/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md
> +++ b/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md
> @@ -649,10 +649,14 @@ HEADERS_INSTALL_EXTRA += "nvidia"
>  
>  ### Architecture for dpkg-raw packages
>  
> -The intent of the dpkg-raw class is to easily package configuration and data
> -files into a Debian package. Packages to be compiled should really use other
> -dpkg classes where support for cross-compilation and multiarch is provided
> -and tested. `DPKG_ARCH` is now set to `all` for `dpkg-raw` recipes.
> +The primary use-case of the dpkg-raw class is to easily package configuration
> +and data files into a Debian package: the target architecture will now default
> +to "all". It may also be used to package binaries that were built outside of
> +Isar: such recipes may still override `DPKG_ARCH` to `"any"`.
>  

...to 'any' or whatever reflects the package content accurately.

>  This change fixes an issue where a `dpkg` package is built for `-compat` or
> -`-native` and `DEPENDS` on a `dpkg-raw` package.
> +`-native` and `DEPENDS` on a `dpkg-raw` package with `DPKG_ARCH` set to `"all"`.
> +Some issues remain with `dpkg-raw` packages: Isar will advertise -native and
> +-compat variants even though such recipes can only produce packages for
> +`${DISTRO_ARCH}` or `"all"`. That corner case needs to be further discussed
> +and will require further changes.

The fact that -native/-compat stub targets are provided for 'all'
packages is not the issue. The issue is limited to DPKG_ARCH != all.

Jan

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