Re: [pcp] pcp updates: some build/package re-jigging and QA

[Ken McDonell <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/11/15 14:54, Nathan Scott wrote:
> ...
> Oh, one small thing - we found awhile back that we *must* generate the
> man pages for all PMDAs into pcp-doc RPM.  This was because without 'em
> we end up generating a noarch package (doc) that differs between arches
> (papi was the cause originally - not supported on all arches - but it's
> possible other sub-packages could cause the same issue).
>
> As a result, we always install man pages for everything we possibly can
> (incl. pmdapapi - which was removed here if !papi) ... so I'll add the
> logic to continue to install man pages unconditionally as before, if
> that's OK?  (will commit shortly, but lemme know if thats not desirable
> for some reason - thanks).
Sure, being forced to install man pages for software that can never be 
installed (on specific platforms) is insane (IMHO), but apparently OK in 
the world of packaging anarchy.
Thanks.