Clarification on Packaging Guidelines

[Rex Dieter]

Eric Work wrote:

> I was previously unsure whether %pre/%post ldconfig lines on shared
> library devel packages were needed.  In a recent discussion with some
> others on #fedora-extras I was informed that they were not needed.

The policy is clear, IMO, ldconfig is needed if said package includes any
shared libraries (pkgs with *symlinks* to shared libs, like most -devel
ones, don't count).

-- Rex