On 07/18/2013 03:28 PM, Lennart Poettering wrote:
On Thu, 18.07.13 14:23, Vít Ondruch (vondruch@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
Dne 18.7.2013 14:19, Lennart Poettering napsal(a):
On Thu, 18.07.13 10:34, Vít Ondruch (vondruch@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
Dne 18.7.2013 01:02, Lennart Poettering napsal(a):
So, maybe, instead of dropping the "Provides syslog" thing from
journald, maybe we should add an explicit "syslog-files" dependency (or
something named like that) and then make the classic syslog
implementations provide that and the packages which actually need
/var/log/messages pull that it?
Lennart
So why there are files in /var/log and there is not obvious package,
which creates them (unless you want to guess by name)? Shouldn't all
package, which creates log in /var/log have some virtual provide to
make it obvious? Why not do it properly/consistently?
So, you suggest using "Requires: /var/log/messages" and "Provides:
/var/log/messages" as indication for this, and the %ghost
/var/log/messages in the packages in question?
Sounds good to me! Matthew?
Lennart
I would suggest it, but it is not recommended by guidelines :( so I
suggest some (not yet) standardized virtual provide, which will be
more descriptive than "syslog-files"
Vít
[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#File_Dependencies
I guess this comment doesn't apply if we explicitly add Provides:
/var/log/messages to all packages that provide the file. Hmm, or maybe
no, I don't grok RPM well enough...
Well the guideline is really just a recommendation for optimizing yum
behavior, nothing more. But yes, an explicit "Provides: /some/path" goes
into the main repository metadata so resolving a dependency on that path
doesn't require downloading the big bad file lists.
- Panu -
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