On Wednesday, 10 August 2016 at 10:52, Dennis Gilmore wrote: > On Sunday, July 24, 2016 5:15:51 PM CDT Florian Weimer wrote: > > To implement some Fedora 25 changes (split NSS (Name Service Switch) > > subpackages, libcrypt without NSS (Mozilla Network Security Services) > > library depdencies), I added additional subpackages to the glibc > > packages, namely: > > > > - libcrypt > > - libcrypt-nss > > - nss_db > > - nss_hesiod > > - nss_nis > > > > The expectation is that libgcrypt-nss is installed by default, and > > system administrators may opt to install libcrypt (with the internal > > algorithm implementations instead). libcrypt and libcrypt-nss both > > provide the soname-based RPM dependencies required by applications which > > need password hashing. > > > > In contrast, nss_db, nss_hesiod, nss_nis are expected to be installed by > > system administrators who need the specific functionality. They are not > > installed by default. (nss_files and nss_dns remain part of the main > > glibc package because their use is pretty much required by all > > installations.) > > > > The background for these changes is twofold: We want to reduce minimal > > image size (also the gains a very small), and we want to pave the road > > towards alternative implementations (based on OpenSSL for libcrypt, and > > based on libtirpc for nss_nis). > > Bodhi has zero support for Reccomends and Suggests, we can not push out > updates with them. The use of Rich dependencies is not allowed. See [1] for > more details > > [1] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/thread/Q5LMMPVEORM76IOPGKYS4XJ6VZ2WLAAX/?sort=date >From what I can see, glibc.spec doesn't contain any rich dependencies (i.e. booleans) in Requires: or Recommends:. Do you have a specific issue with current glibc package? Regards, Dominik -- Fedora http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rathann RPMFusion http://rpmfusion.org "Faith manages." -- Delenn to Lennier in Babylon 5:"Confessions and Lamentations" -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
