[fedfs-utils] Installing fedfs-utils on Fedora 18

[Chuck Lever]

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On Nov 23, 2012, at 7:47 PM, Ian Kent <ikent at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 2012-11-23 at 15:13 -0500, Chuck Lever wrote:
>> Hi Ian-
>> 
>> I tried something simple on Fedora 18 alpha:
>> 
>> [root at localhost ~]# yum install fedfs-utils
>> Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
>> updates-testing/group_gz
>> No package fedfs-utils available.
>> Error: Nothing to do
>> [root at localhost ~]#
>> 
>> This means testers have to install each package separately.  Not a big
>> deal if they are using PackageKit.  Still, it would be nice to have a
>> single dummy package that could install everything but -devel and
>> -debuginfo, similar to 389-ds.
>> 
>> Is there a reason not to do that?
> 
> I don't know, I'm not familiar with the packaging policy on that and I
> don't know the procedure to have it included.
> 
> I'll have a look around and see what I can find out.
> 
> Which fedfs packages should the group include?

See above:  all of them except -devel and -debuginfo.

Since fedfs-utils-client provides a program map, should it depend on the autofs package?  Just curious.

> 
> Ian
>