Anjuta & gnome-build file conflicts: need some help

[Mamoru Tasaka]

Debarshi Ray wrote, at 04/12/2009 02:31 AM +9:00:
> Here is the bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/495200
> 
> After gnome-build got merged into Anjuta, I had added the following to
> anjuta.spec:
> Obsoletes:      gnome-build <= 2.24.1-1
> Provides:       perl(GBF::Make) = %{version}-%{release}

First of all, this does not "Obsoletes" 2.24.1-1.fc10 because
2.24.1-1 < 2.24.1-1".fc10" .

> It was not entirely clear to me from the guidelines [1] whether to add
> a 'Provides: gnome-build = %{version}-%{release}' or not. It seems
> like adding it is not making much of a difference if I have an old F10
> gnome-build package lying around and I am trying to install a F11
> anjuta package.

Well, if you don't think rawhide anjuta really "Provides" gnome-build
you don't have to add virtual "Provides" (however the problem here
is not whether to add "Provides" or not)

> I am sure my knowledge of Obsoletes and Provides is not really upto
> the mark here, so any help would be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Debarshi
> 
> [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:NamingGuidelines#Renaming.2Freplacing_existing_packages

Regards,
Mamoru