Axel Thimm wrote : > On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 10:38:00AM +0200, Matthias Saou wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've never added "Requires: initscripts" to packages which contain an > > init script before. I've now been asked to in this review : > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=233455 > > > > I like to avoid as many explicit requirements as possible, and in this > > particular case, the "require packages owning parent directories of our > > files and directories" of recent rpm versions (unfortunately not in > > Fedora, though IIRC) would take care of things. > > > > So my question : As long as the Requires(...) for the scriplets are fine > > in order to get the package properly installed, updated and erased, do > > we still need to add that explicit requirement? > > > > I would say we don't, but I prefer asking to be sure... > > > > Matthias > > Doesn't initscripts belong to the always-assume-installed-set-of-packages- > so-don't-redundandly-require-it-unless-you-need-a-versioned-dependency? > > Just like gcc, make etc? That would be the list of assumed _build_ requirements. I was asking about a normal requirement for a package containing an init script in /etc/rc.d/init.d/. Matthias -- Clean custom Red Hat Linux rpm packages : http://freshrpms.net/ Fedora Core release 6 (Zod) - Linux kernel 2.6.20-1.2948.fc6 Load : 1.04 2.30 2.26 -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
