On Jan 6, 2008 3:24 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > James Bowes <jbowes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Without explicit version deps in the rpm spec file, 'yum update git' > > effectively does nothing. Require explicit versions of the subpackages, so that > > they get pulled in on an update. > > > > Signed-off-by: James Bowes <jbowes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > I am asking as an RPM illiterate, not questioning the validity > of what your patch does. > > The approach your patch takes feels like the right way we should > have taken from the beginning. Does this supersede the "fix" in > 5587cac28be66acf5edc2a4b83b67c8cfffbc5e9 (GIT 1.5.3.1: obsolete > git-p4 in RPM spec file)? IOW, if we had Requires for the same > version from the beginning, we wouldn't have had the problem > when we dropped git-p4 package? I believe the obsolete is still needed, as you'd need a way to tell rpm to just get rid of git-p4 entirely. -James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
