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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Standardising the virtual Provides in -devel packages</H1>
<B>Ahmad Samir</B>
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<I>Fri Jul 8 14:27:12 CEST 2011</I>
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<PRE>On 8 July 2011 13:44, EatDirt <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">dirteat at gmail.com</A>> wrote:
><i> On 08/07/11 06:37, Ahmad Samir wrote:
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> Hello.
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> I've had a rather vague idea about standardising the virtual provides
</I>>><i> in the distro, there should be:
</I>>><i> Provides: %{name}-devel
</I>>><i> Provides: lib%{name}-devel
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</I>>><i> either both of them in _all_ packages, or one of them in _all_
</I>>><i> packages, so that we don't have to check urpmq --provides all the
</I>>><i> time. Personally, I am more inclined on having them both, so as not to
</I>>><i> break already working specs.
</I>><i>
</I>>><i> WDYT?
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Hi! YES!!!!!!!
</I>><i>
</I>><i> As a Padawan, this was one of my first troubles, to find the correct -devel
</I>><i> package name. Some packages have even different --provides according to the
</I>><i> arch :-/
</I>><i>
</I>
[..]
><i> Both "Provides" are certainly the best, but we may recommend the usage of
</I>><i> only one of type in Requires: lib%{name}-devel?
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Cheers,
</I>><i> Chris.
</I>><i>
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</I>
For new specs maybe, but for old ones, that would break compatibility
with other specs that already have BR: %{name}-devel. So since we
can't easily get rid of one or the other, better have both...
--
Ahmad Samir
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