Re: Packages that support both linked and header only?

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On 08/10/2016 08:43 PM, Dave Johansen wrote:
> I'm working on packaging the fmt library [1] and it provides both linked and
> header only use. My initial thought was to not package the header only files,
> but it has been requested.
> I was planning on putting the header only files in *-static to match the
> spirit of the guidelines [2]. Is that the best way to handle this?
> Also, can I include the *.h files in both *-devel and *-static or will that
> conflict cause problems?
> Thanks,
> Dave
> 
> [1]: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1350143
> [2]:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines?rd=Packaging/Guidelines#Packaging_Header_Only_Libraries
> 

What the guidelines state is:

Don't ship a -static package.  Put everything in -devel and provide fmt-static
there.

Packages that use fmt in a header-only manner should require fmt-static.

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