Core Packages in Violation of the Fedora Naming Guidelines

Nicolas Mailhot nicolas.mailhot at laposte.net
Thu Jul 13 17:42:22 UTC 2006


Le jeudi 13 juillet 2006 à 16:29 +0200, Michael Schwendt a écrit :
> On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:54:28 +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:

> > If you don't know it will break, restricting the package in any way is
> > 100% useless silliness
> 
> No, it's packager's freedom to make clear that the src.rpm was created for
> a specific distribution. And if rebuilt for a different dist, without any
> changes in the src.rpm contents (e.g. dist-specific patches or options),
> the resulting binaries should not automatically look like they are for the
> different dist.

I think you misunderstood me but anyway : how do you rebuild a package
for a different dist, without any changes in the src.rpm contents, if
it's been restricted to a specific dist via R or BR ?

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot
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