Upstream said the name should probably be changed and that they have done so in the past with previous binaries in the package. While that isn't a solid commitment to doing it in the next version, I would say it's probably good enough to change it, which I'm going to do now. - Alan 2008/8/4 Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger@xxxxxxxxx>: > Richard W.M. Jones wrote: >> >> On Sat, Aug 02, 2008 at 10:36:34PM +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: >>> >>> coq-8.1pl3-2.fc10.i386 >>> File conflict with: coda-client-6.9.4-0.1.rc2.fc10.i386 >>> /usr/bin/parser >> >> Hmmm, I thought that was going to happen. >> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450323#c16 >> >> Down at the bottom of that comment I said: >> >> BTW having a binary called /usr/bin/parser is probably a bad idea. >> How do Debian package this file? They usually rename such generic >> names ('coqparser' or the like). If Debian rename it, then we should >> do so too. >> >> We checked Debian, and in fact they ship this as /usr/bin/parser too, >> which is why we left it. >> >> Not sure what is the best thing to do here: >> >> (1) Rename it and thus be inconsistent with both upstream & Debian. >> >> (2) Rename Coda's "parser" (breaking things?) >> > We should definitely rename one or both /usr/bin/parser's. The steps should > be something like this: > > 1) Contact upstream and ask if they are amenable to renaming the binary in > their next release. Then try to rename our binary now. > > 2) If upstream isn't willing to, see if we can at least get the blessing to > do it locally with a given name. > > 3) Check with other distros (Maybe Debian now but discuss on > distributions-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx about keeping a distro-wide list) if > they've seen the problem/would be willing to rename their binaries. > > 4) Do the rename locally. > > -Toshio > > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
