[Fedora-packaging] [RFR] Handling of %doc files

[Rex Dieter]

Enrico Scholz wrote:

>>Therefore, I suggest one of the following rules:

>>(a)  %doc files MUST not introduce new dependencies, or
> ok, I wrote an 'rpmlint' check for this rule:
> Example output:
> | $ rpmlint openvpn-2.0.5-1.fc4.i386.rpm 
> | E: openvpn %doc file '/usr/share/doc/openvpn-2.0.5/sample-scripts/auth-pam.pl' creates additional dependency '/usr/bin/perl'
> | E: openvpn %doc file '/usr/share/doc/openvpn-2.0.5/sample-scripts/verify-cn' creates additional dependency '/usr/bin/perl'

Excellent work and suggestion.  I agree with your proposed addition to 
rpmlint.

-- Rex