[RFC] Braking nfs-utils into -devel and -libs rpms.

[Rex Dieter]

Steve Dickson wrote:

> Over the last year or so there has been
> a number of libraries added nfs-utils rm for
> the v4 and gssapi support as well as an
> upstream lib (libevent) that is not in
> the FC release.
...
> I would like to break up the current nfs-utils
> into three different rpms:
> 
> nfs-utils       - would include the daemons and init scripts
> nfs-utils-libs  - libnfsidmap.so, libgssapi.so, librpcsecgss.so
> nfs-utils-devel - header files that a currently installed

> My questions are:
> 
> 1) Does this sound reasonable?

-devel makes sense. -libs makes sense only if you need the libs 
separated (ie, multi-arch), else just keep the libraries in the core 
nfs-utils pkg.

> 2) I know there is a number of packages that do
>    this but is there a package that does it
>    the "right way" that I can use as an example?

This method is as good as any.

> 4) The needed upstream library, libevent, should that
>    be included in the nfs-utils rpm or should it be
>    in its own or include in another rpm?

IMO, if upstream packages it(libevent) separately, so should you.

-- Rex