[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] Clients subpackage

[Stephen Gallagher]

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Simo Sorce wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-03-08 at 10:13 -0400, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
>> Jakub Hrozek wrote:
>>> On Sun, 2009-03-08 at 14:36 +0100, Jakub Hrozek wrote:
>>>> This patch splits the sssd rpm into sssd and sssd-client as discussed on
>>>> IRC and in the review request.
>>>>
>>>> The -client package now contains the userspace tools as well as the NSS
>>>> and PAM libraries (i.e. stuff built from sssd/sss_client subdirectory)
>>>>
>>> This incarnation of the patch also moves the ldconig calls in %post and
>>> %postun into %post client and %postun client
>>>
>> Ack and pushed to master.
> 
> Sorry but I really do not understand why the packages have been actually
> split.
> 
> The clients can't work without the daemon and the daemon is unmanageable
> without the client.
> 
> So what for ?
> 
> Simo.
> 

The package reviewer demanded it, and since we're on a really tight
schedule for getting this package out, we acquiesced. We can have a
protracted argument about the merits of one vs. two packages after we
meet our deadline. Right now, the reviewer gets whatever he wants.

My 2 cents, anyway.

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