[Fedora-packaging] Re: Temporarily removing a sub-package

[Orion Poplawski]

Mike A. Harris wrote:
> 
> If the functionality of the -mpi subpackage is not going to
> be provided at all (temporarily or otherwise), then neither.
> 
> Use an rpm macro to include/exclude the package:
> 
> %define with_mpi 0
> 
> Then wrap all areas of the spec file that concern the generation
> of mpi functionality, installation, packaging, file manifest, etc.
> with "%if %{with_mpi}" or "%if ! %{with_mpi}" checks as appropriate.
> 

Did that already, thanks.


> Having package contain Provides/Obsoletes for a previous subpackage
> which provides some actual functionality, but which is not present
> due to being disabled, means that software which requires the
> functionality is lied to, and dependency resolution is tricked into
> working, but there are runtime software failures or similar.
> 
> Not the correct way to go.

Okay.  Is there any concern about old paraview-mpi packages being 
stranded, in case this can't be fixed by F7 release (or freeze)?

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