[fedfs-utils] fedfs-utils packaging in Fedora

[Chuck Lever]

On Mar 27, 2013, at 7:46 AM, Chuck Lever <chuck.lever at oracle.com> wrote:

> [ Cc-ing fedfs-utils-devel on this part of the thread]
> 
> On Mar 27, 2013, at 12:38 AM, Ian Kent <raven at themaw.net> 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.

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