conflict between libotf and openmpi

Jon Ciesla limb at jcomserv.net
Wed Sep 16 19:03:22 UTC 2009


Neal Becker wrote:
> It seems both openmpi and libotf supply a %{_bindir}/otfdump.  otf is 
> either:
>
> OpenTypeFont (libotf)
> or
> OpenTraceFormat (openmpi)
>
> I maintain libotf.  I'm not sure how to address this.
>
> My only interest in libotf is so emacs can use it.  For that, it doesn't 
> need the binaries.  Perhaps they could be put somewhere else?
>
> I don't know how important otfdump is to openmpi, since I don't use it.  My 
> guess is that in both libotf and openmpi, neither is critical to function, 
> but is a debug aid.
>
>   
Are they the same?  If so, my gut would be to use the one in libotf, if 
it's complete, maybe in a subpackage, and have openmpi remove it's own 
and Require it, sort of the way we handle bundled libraries.

-J

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