[Bug 573445] New: master-boot-code is the only needed i586 package on an x86_64 system
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573445 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573445#c0 Summary: master-boot-code is the only needed i586 package on an x86_64 system Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.2 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.2 Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: Bootloader AssignedTo: jsrain@novell.com ReportedBy: rfno@fietze-home.de QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Konqueror/4.3; Linux) KHTML/4.3.4 (like Gecko) SUSE I have rsync'ed the distribution/11.2 subdirectory from GWDG. The package master-boot-code is the only package that makes it necessary to sync the i586 subdirectory in addition to the x86_64 and noarch subdirectories containing the RPMs. In companies that only run 64 bit systems this is a waste of resources like local mirror disk space and local and remote mirror network band width. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. install x86_64 system and to an rpm -qa --queryformat '%{ARCH}\t%{NAME}\n' | fgrep i586 Actual Results: 1. i586 master-boot-code Expected Results: <nothing> :) -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573445 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573445#c1 Jiri Srain <jsrain@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P4 - Low Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |ro@novell.com --- Comment #1 from Jiri Srain <jsrain@novell.com> 2010-02-16 12:17:14 UTC --- Rudi, you removed x86_64 from ExclusiveArch on Wed Aug 13 18:02:41 CEST 2008 (according to changelog), could you, please, comment on this bug? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573445 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573445#c2 Ruediger Oertel <ro@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW CC| |ro@novell.com Info Provider|ro@novell.com | --- Comment #2 from Ruediger Oertel <ro@novell.com> 2010-02-16 16:52:36 UTC --- well, we can easily re-add it. I did that at a point in time where it was not the only i586 package needed for a 64bit system (think of OOo, firefox, ...) we just can't make it "noarch" because then it would appear on all other platforms which is not really wanted. building it twice (for i586 and x86_64) does not really hurt, but you'll have to add some tweaks to really make it build on x86_64 since you'll have to link and compile 32bit assembler for that master boot record ... -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573445 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573445#c Jiri Srain <jsrain@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|jsrain@novell.com |snwint@novell.com -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573445 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573445#c3 Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED --- Comment #3 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2011-03-10 13:48:27 CET --- AFAICS it builds fine on x86_64, so adding it to ExclusiveArch looks ok to me. Though I'd rather like to get rid of this package entirely and just take one of the many other MBRs already in our distro (e.g. from syslinux). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573445 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573445#c4 Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|Bootloader |Bootloader Product|openSUSE 11.2 |openSUSE 13.1 OS/Version|openSUSE 11.2 |openSUSE 13.1 --- Comment #4 from Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.com> 2013-12-09 10:38:25 UTC --- The problem still exists in openSUSE 13.1. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573445 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573445#c5 --- Comment #5 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@suse.com> 2013-12-09 12:00:18 CET --- I think the package is no longer needed. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573445 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573445#c7 --- Comment #7 from Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.com> 2013-12-09 11:46:56 UTC --- Steffen, is there any other package providing /usr/sbin/fixmbr? This is the added value of the master-boot-code package as far as I can see. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573445 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573445#c8 --- Comment #8 from Bernhard Wiedemann <bwiedemann@suse.com> 2013-12-10 09:00:12 CET --- This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration: This bug (573445) was mentioned in https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/210131 Factory / master-boot-code -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573445 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573445#c9 Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #9 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@suse.com> 2014-03-18 09:15:32 CET --- ok, so we can close it -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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