Michel Salim wrote: > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 7:57 PM, Patrice Dumas <pertusus@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 07:33:45PM -0400, Michel Salim wrote: >>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@xxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Unfortunately RHEL's emacs / emacs-nox do not seem to provide >>> emacs(bin), so in that case, since RPM does not allow for either-or >>> dependencies, what would the best solution be? >>> >>> 1. Requires: emacs and disenfranchise emacs-nox users >>> 2. Requires: /usr/bin/emacs and draw the ire of yum users having to >>> download filelists. >> /usr/bin/ is always downloaded. >> > Ah, so one gets that for free? (the guideline should really mention > that). I'll wait for an official word on the bug report, > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466580 > The Guideline does mention that: """ - SHOULD: If the package has file dependencies outside of /etc, /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, or /usr/sbin consider requiring the package which provides the file instead of the file itself. """ The full Guideline[1]_ (linked from the above) repeats that information and also tells why those directories are okay. .. _[1]: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#FileDeps -Toshio
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