[Fedora-packaging] Question about File listeng in the spec file

[Michael Schwendt]

On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:46:02 -0300, Sergio wrote:

> Hi
> 
> At http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/ReviewGuidelines#Package_Review_Process
> it states
> 
> "A Fedora package must not list a file more than once in the spec
> file's %files listings. (Notable exception: license texts in specific
> situations)."
> 
> But what about a subpackage "static" (library)? What if there are some
> basic documentation files common to both non-static and static
> packages?

Very likely there are other files which are shared, e.g. header
files. It's not necessary to duplicate them either. You can make
the -static pkg require the -devel pkg.