On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:06:57 -0400 David Walser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Marcel Pol wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 06:07:50 -0400 > > David Walser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Laurent Montel wrote: > >> >> And splitting a single application (kopete and others) into 3-4 > >seperate> >> rpms just doesnt make sense. > >> > > >> > Why ? > >> > Do you know libification ? > >> > >> Is it necessary when nothing besides that single app is ever going to use > >> the library? > > > > I think yes. On amd-64 the library packages will be named different > > (libkopete1 vs something like libkopete1-64), and the file locations will > > be different as well (/usr/lib vs /usr/lib64), so splitting the libraries > > and binaries (/usr/bin) is a good thing. > > Why? Is somebody going to want to install 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the > kopete library on their machine? Good question, and I'm not informed enough to give a good answer. In my mind it might be easier to just use the architecture in the rpm, like libkopete1-%version-%release.amd64.mdk.rpm, instead of forcing 64 everywhere, but maybe I'm just thinking too simple. I don't know which fundamental problem is being solved with this solution. I just know it's not specific to kde, and if there's a discussion about it, it should be about the fundamental problem/solution. If there's a libpolicy, it should be that all packages follow that policy imo. -- Marcel Pol
