On Mar 27, 2013, at 7:46 AM, Chuck Lever <[email protected]> wrote:
> [ Cc-ing fedfs-utils-devel on this part of the thread] > > On Mar 27, 2013, at 12:38 AM, Ian Kent <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On another note I also want to re-package fedfs-utils. >> >> I don't think that the current packaging lends itself to what you asked >> about wrt. installing all the bits using a "yum install fedfs-utils" >> type command. > > I thought we could do this by creating a husk RPM that depends on having the > separate real fedfs-utils RPMs installed. Is that no longer allowed? > >> IMHO, since the bits in the package are quite small we >> should make, mostly, a single package that installs almost everything. Ian, do you want to just try doing this, and then post the results of your effort? > The current situation is a mix of > > a) allowing users to install just the pieces they need, and > b) Fedora packaging requirements (like the -lib and -devel packages being > separate) > >> There are a couple of exceptions, such as the lib package and possibly >> the need to be able to install nfsref separately and maybe a need to >> keep nsdbparams also but then we come back to having too many really >> small packages. > > Right, there's no way around it if we start breaking pieces out into their > own package. > >> So I'm still thinking about that. >> What are your thoughts on it? > > We could go back to an nfs-utils model, where all the pieces are installed by > a single RPM, with separate -lib, -debuginfo, and -devel packages. That may > be more convenient than having separate packages. -- Chuck Lever chuck[dot]lever[at]oracle[dot]com _______________________________________________ fedfs-utils-devel mailing list [email protected] https://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/fedfs-utils-devel
