On Fri, 2007-01-19 at 10:38 -0500, Matt Wringe wrote: > Hi, > > What is the proper way to handle upstream source tars that also contain > binary dependencies? This is very common with java packages. > > Sorry if this is already covered in the guidelines, I couldn't find this > case mentioned anywhere. > > Should the binaries be removed from the source tar and create a new > binary-less tar. This method has been used in the past, resulting in new > tars with -RHCLEAN added to the end of their names. > > Or should the tar just be left alone, and have the a script inside the > spec scrub out the binaries? You shouldn't need to alter the tar, unless those binaries are illegal somehow. Have the spec remove the binaries in %setup, immediately after unpacking. The -RHCLEAN cases were when the tarball contained infringing/forbidden items. ~spot -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
