RFC: Soname in rpm name
Peter Backlund
peter.backlund at home.se
Mon Jan 24 10:45:30 UTC 2005
[snip]
> solution. I've searched a bit, and it seems that Mandrake and Debian both
> have a policy to include the library soname in the package name :
> http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RpmHowToAdvanced#Library_policy
Unrelated, but I have to ask: what is the purpose of defining
name/version/release like this:
%define name gtkmm
%define version 1.2.4
%define release 1mdk
and then:
Name: %{name}
Version: %{version}
Release: %{release}
I've seen it in a number of spec files.
And please no "Well, Mandrake sucks!".
/Peter
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