[libvirt] [PATCH] libvirt.spec patch to fix some rpmlint warnings/errors

Richard W.M. Jones rjones at redhat.com
Wed Feb 11 17:33:56 UTC 2009


On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 05:25:23PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > I'm not sure about the patch to libvirt.init.in, but rpmlint is quite
> > insistent that we need this, or else we shouldn't start libvirtd by
> > default.
> 
> rpmlint is dumb. If we turn it off by default, then we'll just get a 
> steady stream of bugs / confused users, who install libvirt RPM (or 
> the "Virtualization Group" in installer), reboot and find it is not
> working because the daemon wasn't started. This would be a disservice
> to our users, which I don't think we should do

Maybe you (or I) misunderstand the change to libvirtd.init.in.
Supposedly this change should keep it on by default, AND silence
rpmlint as well.

Rich.

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