I am preparing a package that I will submit for review, and hopefully later, for inclusion in Fedora. However, I have run into some issues which I cannot seem to resolve myself. I write to the list, hoping that some of you may be able to help me resolve the issues.
First, let me tell you a little bit about the program, as its important to the issues on hand.
The program is called ROOT, it is a whole analysis framework developed by CERN that is currently in use in most high energy to medium energy physics laboratories, and released under the LGPv2+. However, it is written general enough that it can be applied to other fields that require a complex analysis framework. Additionally, ROOT makes use of an internal C/C++ Interpreter, which allows for on the fly scripting of C/C++ code.
So essentially, ROOT is both an analysis package, and a development package, which really leads into the next problems.
1) the C/C++ interpreter called CINT, produces, as output, DLL files. I don't know why, but this is their solution to dynamic libraries that will be shared across all supported OS's. They support Linux and many Unices, as well as Mac OS X and Windows. These DLL files are compiled by the code, so we have the source code available, though rpmlint seems to give a warning about them. And essentially, I don't know what to make of it.
Here is a sample error: root-devel.x86_64: W: unstripped-binary-or-object /usr/lib64/root/cint/include/stdcxxfunc.dll
2) Because rpmlint used to complain about header files being in a non devel package, I moved all header files to the devel package. But the devel _MUST_ be installed along with the main package, CINT requires them to be there. So if I don't create a devel package, I get hundreds of warnings for the header files. If I do create a devel package, and require this devel package from the core files, I get an error out of rpmlint.
3) This one is not really an I issue I guess, but I figured I might as well mention it now. ROOT ships with MS TrueType fonts, for some reason. So I just removed them from the package, as I have not had any problems without them on Fedora. And I use root extensively. Also, I've removed some windows DLL's that were included in the package. Also not needed for a Fedora release. I am hoping that this will not be a problem, having a tar archive that is slightly different than the upstream one.
Thank you all for your advanced help. I really hope this program can be made fit to include in the distribution.
--Juan Carlos Cornejo
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