Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:38:18 +0200, Ville wrote: > >> On Saturday 14 February 2009, Toshio Kuratomi wrote: >> >>> """ >>> A Fedora package must not list a file more than once in the spec file's >>> %files listings. >>> """ >> This would mean that tiny -common subpackages containing for example >> only "%doc README COPYING" and perhaps a common base dir and/or a common >> config file would have to be always created if a specfile creates two >> otherwise independent binary packages. Is that really always desirable? > > For a MUST item in the guidelines, it is much too short and vague. > How about: > > In a Fedora package .spec file, any of the files/dirs installed in > the buildroot must not be included in the package(s) %files lists more > than once. Unless there is good reason, and in that case there ought to > be a comment in the .spec file. > What's an example of a good reason? (For instance, I want to know if including README/COPYING in multiple subpackages is best practice or should be frowned upon). -Toshio
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