[Fedora-packaging] Temporarily removing a sub-package

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Fri Mar 9 01:01:22 UTC 2007


Orion Poplawski wrote:
> I'm looking to remove the -mpi subpackage of paraview because it does
> not build.  I've poked upstream to no avail, and I haven't been able to
> figure out the problem myself.  If this gets fixed, I'd like to add it
> back.
> 
> In the meantime, what kind of Provides/Obsoletes makes sense?
> 
> Provides: paraview-mpi
> Obsoletes: paraview-mpi < %{version}-%{release}

imo, if the mpi functionality is missing, you should omit the Provides.

-- Rex





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