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

[Dario Faggioli <dario.faggioli@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On lun, 2014-03-03 at 17:59 +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
> George Dunlap writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Add a "make rpmball" target"):

> > Ah, you mean, it *also* counts as one of those packages for dependency 
> > tracking?
> > 
> > I can definitely see how that could be useful.
> 
> Quite.
> 
Indeed. :-)

> > 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) ?
> 
I think something like "Provides: xxx" can help with this, at least on
Fedora:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_an_RPM_package#Other_tags

As soon as rpmball builds for me (see the other e-mail I just sent),
I'll be happy to help experimenting with it.

Regards,
Dario

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