devel packages with only one .pc file

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Thu Sep 7 16:53:08 UTC 2006


Alexander Larsson wrote:
>  So, I'd like to see the rule be:
> 
> Any .pc files must be in a -devel subpackage, unless the package itself
> is a development tool not installed in a user runtime. If the package
> has a -devel subpackage for other reasons the place for the pc file is
> up to the package owner (as it generaly depends on the usecase for the
> pc file).

Very reasonable, I've added this (something very close to it anyway) to
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/GuidelinesTodo

-- Rex




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