Re: Inconsistent dnf provides result

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> On Jun 2, 2019, at 04:50, Emmanuel Seyman <emmanuel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Please file a bug against the package arguing that the %ghost directive
> seems to be abused in this case (it really should be used for log (and maybe
> configuration files) not shipped with the package but linked to it.

Use of %ghost is described here for packaging software that uses the “alternatives” system:

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Alternatives/

It looks like using %ghost is fine for this application, but the file should be in %{mandir} with a unique extension instead of a sub directory of /usr/lib64. 

—
Jonathan Billings <billings@xxxxxxxxxx>

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