On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 8:49 PM Robbie Harwood <rharw...@redhat.com> wrote:

> > Here's the scriptlet:
> >
> > %triggerun libs -- krb5-libs < 1.15.1-5
> > if ! grep -q 'includedir /etc/krb5.conf.d' /etc/krb5.conf ; then
> >     sed -i '1i # To opt out of the system crypto-policies
> > configuration of krb5,
> > remove the\n# symlink at /etc/krb5.conf.d/crypto-policies which will
> > not be
> > recreated.\nincludedir /etc/krb5.conf.d/\n' /etc/krb5.conf
> > fi
> > exit 0
> >
> > So... there's not actually a call to awk.  And the last version of
> > Fedora to have anything older than 1.15.1 was F28.
>
> Please CC maintainers when discussing their package.  We like it because
> it avoids us getting blindsided by requirements/changes, and sometimes
> we know things about our packages and can be helpful :)
>

Absolutely we need to engage with maintainers when debating changes. Doing
this in isolation would basically mean failure.


>
> There are two uses of awk: one at build-time, and one for the triggers.
> I assume no one cares that I need awk to build.  You're correct that the
> use for the triggers can probably go away since they're aren't any right
> now, but... does this actually matter?  Please file a bugzilla if so.
>
> > We don't supports updates from F28 to F31 (and certainly not updates
> > from F28 when it was rawhide), so the scriptlet is no longer necessary
> > at all.  It has come and gone a few times throughout history but the
> > dependency has remained.
>
> Just because something /can/ go doesn't mean it /should/.


Yep!


> A trigger
> that doesn't fire won't hurt anything, and its removal is more noise to
> filter through.  And there are often other considerations: for instance,
> the el8 spec file is branched from the Fedora one - el7 has a
> 1.15-series krb5.  The upgrade window I have to support is larger than
> what's mandated by Fedora - and that's fine!  It's not causing any
> problems for other things, so it doesn't matter to anyone but me.
>
> Thanks,
> --Robbie
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