I'm having trouble understanding why many Java-using packages have the
following scriptlets:
%post javadoc
%__rm -f %{_javadocdir}/%{name}
%__ln_s %{name}-%{version} %{_javadocdir}/%{name}
%postun javadoc
if [ $1 -eq 0 ]; then
%__rm -f %{_javadocdir}/%{name}
fi
So at install time it makes a symlink to a directory installed by the
javadoc package, and at uninstall time it removes it.
Some packages don't seem to %ghost the link, which seems to be a
problem. But a more burning question is why isn't the link just part
of the package?
I was grepping through some specs and I found this from the (now
retired) jogl package:
* Sat Sep 3 2005 Anthony Green <green@xxxxxxxxxx> - 0:1.1.1-7
- Removed %ghost for javadoc, and remove javadoc post scriptlet,
as per ville.skytta@xxxxxx's suggestion.
But I don't know what the basis for that was, and I don't see anything
relevant in bugzilla. Perhaps Ville can remember that far back.
Does anyone know the rationale for this?
- J<
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