On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Duplicate_Files is > pretty clear: > > ---- > Duplicate Files > > A Fedora package must not list a file more than once in the spec file's > %files listings. If you think your package is a valid exception to this, > please bring it to the attention of the Packaging Committee so they can > improve on this Guideline. > ---- > > However, some packagers absolutely insist on duplicating license files > (say, once in the main package, and again in the -devel package) and > this issue keeps coming up. > Suppose the license of the corresponding software states that the COPYING file must be distributed in all derived work of the software. There is no problem with -devel packages since they pull the main package and the COPYING file makes its way to the target. But what if there is a -tools subpackage that does not require the main package? When you install the -tools subpackage, the COPYING file will not get installed. Thus the license is violated. Where am I wrong? Orcan -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
