requires for lcov

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 09:50 +0100, Dan Horák wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am doing a review for lcov, which is an extension of gcov
> (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=181444). In the
> spec file there is "Requires: /usr/bin/gcov", gcov is a part of gcc
> package. I would like to know whether is this correct
If lcov calls /usr/bin/gcov, esp. if it contains a hard-coded reference
to this file, is absolutely perfect.

If lconv calls "gcov" on $PATH, then there'd be some room for
argumentation.

>  or there should be
> a dependency on the whole gcc package.
"R: gcc" would break if gcov once should be moved out of the gcc
package. A "R: /usr/bin/gcov" would remain valid.

> I do not see any relevant
> information in the Packaging Guidelines.
As usual in such cases, there is no "black or white". It depends on a
package's details.

Ralf