Packaging changes for libev in Rawhide

Ralf Corsepius rc040203 at freenet.de
Tue Nov 19 13:31:16 UTC 2013


On 11/19/2013 02:01 PM, Mathieu Bridon wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-11-19 at 13:36 +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote:
>> On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 15:30:46 +0800, Mathieu Bridon wrote:
>>>    1. we install the header files in /usr/include/libev/ whereas upstream
>>>       installs them in /usr/include/
>>
>> That's a common way to resolve such a conflict:
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Conflicts#Header_Name_Conflicts
>>
>> However, it gets problematic when such a change is not accepted by
>> upstream.

Upstream needs to comprehend, they do not have any control over 
installation locations.

Users/system integrators/installers have the freedom to choose 
installations locations at their choice, at free will.

Ralf






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