- urpmi:

  o --buildrequires deprecate --src, --src is kept for compatibility but its
    behaviour is changed a little (it doesn't download src.rpm anymore)

ie implement what i suggested on cooker mailing list:


Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:21:32 +0100
Subject: urpmi --src issues, suggesting replacing --src with --buildrequires

current situation:

  % urpmi /xxx/foo.src.rpm
  #=> installs foo.src.rpm buildrequires

  % urpmi --install-src foo bar
  #=> downloads foo.src.rpm bar.src.rpm and "rpm -i"
  
  % urpmi --help | grep -- --src
    --src, -s      - next package is a source package.
  
  % urpmi --src foo
  #=> urpmi says it will install foo buildrequires + foo.src.rpm
  #=> in fact, it only installs foo buildrequires

weird cases in current urpmi:
  
  % urpmi --src foo bar
  #=> equiv to "urpmi --src foo ; urpmi bar"
  
  % urpmi foo --src bar
  #=> equiv to "urpmi --src foo bar" above :-(
  
  % urpmi --src foo --src bar
  #=> equiv to "urpmi --src foo bar" :-(


suggestions:

1) we could make --src a global option:

  % urpmi --src foo bar
  #=> would install buildrequires of foo.src.rpm and bar.src.rpm
  
  cons: it breaks compatibility (though i'm quite sure noone uses the
  previous behaviour)

2) deprecate --src, introduce with --buildrequires:

  % urpmi --buildrequires foo bar
  #=> would install buildrequires of foo.src.rpm and bar.src.rpm
  
3) when doing "urpmi /xxx/foo.src.rpm", warn the user that it should
   use either "--install-src" or "--buildrequires", and that urpmi is
   defaulting to "--buildrequires"

2) and 3) are implemented now

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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
     and --downloader --wget
   o fix displaying error message when failing to lock (regression in 5.1)
 - urpmi:
+  o --buildrequires deprecate --src, --src is kept for compatibility but its
+    behaviour is changed a little (it doesn't download src.rpm anymore)
   o --install-src as user now works for remote medium
   o --install-src will succesfully installed src.rpm from
     /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/* (unless post-clean is 0)