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

[Sergio Belkin]

2011/2/21 Jussi Lehtola <jussilehtola at fedoraproject.org>:
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:46:02 -0300
> Sergio Belkin <sebelk at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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?
>
> Packaging static libraries is a bit unusual in Fedora, since it is
> better to link things dynamically; only few packages provide static
> libraries.

Thanks Jussi, So, definitely Can I disable the static subpackage with
no feeling of remorse :) ?

>
> The -devel package usually only contains development headers and
> the .so symlink to the dynamic library, so in 99% of the cases you just
> make the -static package require the -devel package,

 great! That's make the "magic" thing. Even that I understand reading
documentation and what you comment that it's fine disable static
subpackage, isn't it?


 which contains all
> of the necessary stuff.
> --
> Jussi Lehtola
> Fedora Project Contributor
> jussilehtola at fedoraproject.org
> --





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