[Bug 453850] Review Request: globus-openssl - Openssl Library (virtual GPT glue package)

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--- Comment #12 from Mattias Ellert <mattias.ellert at fysast.uu.se>  2009-04-17 15:37:44 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #11)
> Thanks for the update.
> 
> (In reply to comment #10)
> > (In reply to comment #7)
> > 
> > > ! Could you collect all your "%global"s at one place?
> > 
> > The globals are now first in the file (which seems to be the custom nowadays).
> > Except for the global that defines %_name which must come after the Name tag,
> > since it uses %name in its definition and this is not defined before the Name
> > tag is parsed. This is also the most logical place for it.
> > 
> 
> This shouldn't matter for rpm, i.e. rpm doesn't needs these to be in logical
> order. But it's a matter of taste. I won't say anything more.

I did actually test it before writing it. The order does matter.

> I have one last question:
> 
> > 
> > > ? Packages must not own files or directories already owned by other packages. 
> > >    /usr/share/globus and /usr/share/globus/packages is already owned by
> > > globus-core. Shouldn't you just put globus-core as a requirement to this
> > > package? Is this package useful without globus-core?  
> > 
> > globus-core is a development only package. globus-openssl and
> > globus-openssl-progs are runtime packages. Runtime packages must not Require
> > development packages.
> > 
> 
> How about globus-common? That one is a runtime package and "sounds" like the
> one all the other globus packages would require. Multiple ownership is not much
> desired that's why I'm asking. Is the globus-openssh package worth anything
> without having globus-common installed?  

There is at least one usecase for having globus-openssl without globus-common.
This is for building globus-gsi-proxy-ssl (see review reqest bug #453854). This
requires globus-core and globus-openssl, but not globus-common.

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