https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#Explicit_Requires Packages must not contain explicit Requires on libraries except when absolutely necessary. [...] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#Requiring_Base_Package Devel packages must require the base package using a fully versioned dependency: Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}. Usually, subpackages other than -devel should also require the base package using a fully versioned dependency. I think these two guidelines or their wording are more or less in conflict these days. Most -devel packages do not "absolutely necessarily" need an explicit dependency on the base package because rpm automatically adds soname dependencies from symlinks in -devel to the corresponding shared lib in the main/lib package. Ditto, many cases of other non-devel subpackages get automatic lib soname dependencies to the main/lib package. If the intent is to still require explicit deps like in "requiring base package" even though there are automatic ones that would usually work, just to be sure or for other reasons (possibility of compilation options, patchwork that affects some internal subpackages but not other -devel/lib package consumers), I think "requiring base packages" and "explicit requires" should be cross referenced noting that this is an exception and those explicit deps are indeed wanted. If not, IMO "requiring base package" should be softened so that it requires adding those explicit deps if no automatic ones are present, or just removed because that'd be redundant with "explicit requires" and the rest of the general dependency guidelines. -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
