- 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

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/pod/urpmi.8.pod b/pod/urpmi.8.pod
index fbdd52bb..5f99430d 100644
--- a/pod/urpmi.8.pod
+++ b/pod/urpmi.8.pod
@@ -150,13 +150,10 @@ Disable fast search on exact package name; that means that urpmi will
 propose all packages matching part of the name, even if one of them
 matches exactly the specified name (this is the same as B<-y>).
 
-=item B<--src> I<name>
+=item B<--buildrequires>
 
-Search a source package matching I<name> and select all its dependencies
-(that is, its C<BuildRequires>) by default, unless the B<--install-src>
-switch is used in order to install the source package itself. (You can
-also install the build dependencies read directly from an rpm spec
-file.)
+Select all the C<BuildRequires> of the wanted source packages. 
+(You can also install the build dependencies read directly from an rpm spec file.)
 
 =item B<--install-src>
 
@@ -392,10 +389,6 @@ Do not search in provides to find package (this is the opposite of B<-p>).
 
 This is the same as B<--fuzzy>.
 
-=item B<-s> I<name>
-
-This is the same as B<--src>.
-
 =item B<-q>
 
 This is the same as B<--quiet>.