On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 12:26:49 -0400 John Dennis <jdennis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Scenario: A previously shipping RPM has the capability to be built > with diagnostic and other debugging features. This has always been > turned off and should be turned off for any production deployment. > However the ability to install a version of the package with these > features enabled would be immensely useful. > > Here is how I thought I would do this: add a "diagnostic" subpackage > that includes only the binary with the diagnostic build. There will > be a file conflict only on the binary and users will have to look for > the diagnostic subpackage to ascertain which build is executing. > > What is the best way to add alternate builds in an RPM? Do we have > existing precedent? I didn't find any guidance in the packaging > guidelines, the closest I could find was the "Conflicts" doc > (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Conflicts) which didn't > really address the issue. Take a look at the curl package and how it produces curl-minimal. Paul. _______________________________________________ packaging mailing list -- packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to packaging-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
