What is the best way to handle repository URLs that change based on the architecture?

[Raphael Traviss]

For example, Ubuntu x_86 repos look like this:

us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu

But Ubuntu aarch64 repos look like this:
http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports

Ideally, I'd like to write something like this, but the <source> element doesn't support the arch attribute:

<repository type="apt-deb" alias="jammy" distribution="jammy" components="main multiverse restricted universe" repository_gpgcheck="false">
    <source arch="x86_64" path="http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports"/>
    <source arch="aarch64" path="http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports"/>

  </repository>

Is there a good way to handle this, or should I just continue on my current practice of commenting out the repos when I build on ARM versus x86?

Regards,

Raphael

[Marcus Schäfer]

Hi,

> Ideally, I'd like to write something like this, but the <source>
> element doesn't support the arch attribute:

right, but the repository element does. I use it like this:

<repository type="apt-deb" repository_gpgcheck="false" package_gpgcheck="false" imageinclude="true" arch="x86_64">
<source path="...some-x86-repo..."/>
</repository>

<repository type="apt-deb" repository_gpgcheck="false" package_gpgcheck="false" imageinclude="true" arch="aarch64">
<source path="...some-aarch64-repo..."/>
</repository>

Hope this helps

Cheers,
Marcus
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[Raphael Traviss]

Is that only for KIWI 10.x?  I'm on 9.x for Ubuntu 22.04 debootstrap

When I add the "aarch=" attribute, it says the XML schema is no longer valid:

Error is caused by this entry--when I remove the arch=aarch64 attribute, it builds normally:

<repository type="apt-deb" alias="jammy" distribution="jammy" components="main multiverse restricted universe" repository_gpgcheck="false"  use_for_bootstrap="true" arch="aarch64">

  <source path="http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports"/>

</repository>

I looked here, but the docs don't say anything about the arch attribute for the <repository> element--is there some other place to look for details on that, or is it assumed that arch is a valid attribute on any element, maybe in KIWI 10.x?

- 9.x docs: https://documentation.suse.com/appliance/kiwi-9/single-html/kiwi/index.html#adding-repositories 

- 10.x docs: https://osinside.github.io/kiwi/image_description/elements.html#repository

Regards,

Raphael

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[Marcus Schäfer]

Hi,

> Is that only for KIWI 10.x? I'm on 9.x for Ubuntu 22.04 debootstrap

Yes we added the arch attribute for the repository element in code 10.
If you are still on v9 it's not going to work.

Sorry I wasn't aware you are still on v9 and debootstrap

Regards,