Should %{name}-javadoc package require %{name}?

[Chen Lei]

From package guideline

 

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. 


 

在2010-03-09 01:42:40，"Ville Skyttä" <ville.skytta at iki.fi> 写道：
>On Monday 08 March 2010, Peter Lemenkov wrote:
>> Hello All!
>> 
>> I just found that many java-related packages have packaging issues,
>> and one of them draws my attention - explicit "Requires: %{name} =
>> %{version}-%{release}" in some *-javadoc packages. Since my java
>> experience is rather small, I would like to ask you, dear List,
>> whether %{name}-javadoc sub-packages really must require %{name}?
>
>No, unless they actually require something from the main package, which would 
>be unusual.
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