On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 6:12 AM Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 31. 03. 20 12:03, Lukas Zapletal wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > I have a subpackage which is not needed anymore in the new version of the package. Is my assumption correct that for a smooth upgrade path I should simply delete the subpackage and make the main package to obsolete it:
> >
> > Obsoletes: %{name}-gtk2
> > Provides: %{name}-gtk2
> >
> > Looks like rpmlint wants me to add version, I can do that.
>
> Correct, with version. Ude a dynamic version with provides, static with obsoletes:
>
> Obsoletes: %{name}-gtk2 < 1:12.5-8
> Provides: %{name}-gtk2 = %{?epoch:%{epoch}:}%{version}-%{release}
>
> See
> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/#renaming-or-replacing-existing-packages
>
Also, don't use Provides: unless the feature is actually provided. So
if gtk2 support was completely dropped, you'd want to only use
Obsoletes:. If it was actually moved into the main package, then
Provides: is correct.
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