[Fedora-packaging] Duplicate files

[Orcan Ogetbil]

On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Duplicate_Files is
> pretty clear:
>
> ----
> Duplicate Files
>
> A Fedora package must not list a file more than once in the spec file's
> %files listings. If you think your package is a valid exception to this,
> please bring it to the attention of the Packaging Committee so they can
> improve on this Guideline.
> ----
>
> However, some packagers absolutely insist on duplicating license files
> (say, once in the main package, and again in the -devel package) and
> this issue keeps coming up.
>

Suppose the license of the corresponding software states that the
COPYING file must be distributed in all derived work of the software.
There is no problem with -devel packages since they pull the main
package and the COPYING file makes its way to the target. But what if
there is a -tools subpackage that does not require the main package?
When you install the -tools subpackage, the COPYING file will not get
installed. Thus the license is violated.

Where am I wrong?

Orcan