[libvirt PATCH] spec: Demote netcat to Recommends

[Martin Kletzander]

On Fri, Dec 24, 2021 at 11:23:58AM +0100, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
>It is only needed if compatibility with clients using libvirt
>6.9.0 is required, and can be uninstalled otherwise.
>
>Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna at redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Martin Kletzander <mkletzan at redhat.com>

>---
> libvirt.spec.in | 8 ++++++--
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
>index 7bd74da2c9..0180b4200c 100644
>--- a/libvirt.spec.in
>+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
>@@ -402,8 +402,12 @@ Summary: Server side daemon and supporting files for libvirt library
> # The client side, i.e. shared libs are in a subpackage
> Requires: %{name}-libs = %{version}-%{release}
>
>-# (client invokes 'nc' against the UNIX socket on the server)
>-Requires: /usr/bin/nc
>+# netcat is needed on the server side so that clients that have
>+# libvirt < 6.9.0 can connect, but newer versions will prefer
>+# virt-ssh-helper. Making this a Recommends means that it gets
>+# installed by default, but can still be removed if compatibility
>+# with old clients is not required
>+Recommends: /usr/bin/nc
>
> # for modprobe of pci devices
> Requires: module-init-tools
>-- 
>2.31.1
>
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