Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Add a "make rpmball" target

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

George Dunlap writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Add a "make rpmball" target"):
> On 03/03/2014 05:27 PM, Dario Faggioli wrote:
> >>>> In this case, to avoid package conflicts, add some tags like:
> >>>> Obsoletes: xen-libs
> >>>> Obsoletes: xen-tools
> >>> What exactly would this be for?
> >> In my case it would replace the distro xen,xen-libs,xen-tools.rpm with
> >> the new xen.rpm. If none of these packages are installed, its a nop.
> >>
> > +1
> >
> > In principle, I'd agree with George on the fact that is should well be
> > the developer to take care of this.
> >
> > However, having the system thinking that, e.g., xen-libs is installed,
> > would allow one to install xen related libvirt distro packages, and test
> > them with the latest Xen, which would be pretty cool!
> 
> Ah, you mean, it *also* counts as one of those packages for dependency 
> tracking?
> 
> I can definitely see how that could be useful.

Quite.

> Any opinions, Ian / Ian?

I'm no expert on rpm.  Is there a way to get the desirable effect
(satisfying dependencies) without the undesirable one (unexpectedly
deinstalling the sysadmin's other xen packages) ?

Ian.

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