File-5.14 in rawhide - removing file-static subpackage

[Jan Kaluža]

Hi,

upstream does not build libmagic.a anymore since File-5.14. I don't know what
was the original reason to even package this static library, but according to
repoquery, nobody is using it. I'm removing file-static subpackage in
rawhide now. If you use it, please start using shared library or tell me if
there is some compelling reason to keep this subpackage there.

Regards,
Jan Kaluza

[Bill Peck]

On 03/22/2013 03:55 AM, Jan Kaluza wrote:
>  Hi,
>
>  upstream does not build libmagic.a anymore since File-5.14. I don't know what
>  was the original reason to even package this static library, but according to
>  repoquery, nobody is using it. I'm removing file-static subpackage in 
Being a
static library, how could repoquery tell you if anyone was using it?
>  rawhide now. If you use it, please start using shared library or tell
> me if
>  there is some compelling reason to keep this subpackage there.
>
>  Regards,
>  Jan Kaluza

[Adam Jackson]

On Fri, 2013-03-22 at 09:45 -0400, Bill Peck wrote:
>  On 03/22/2013 03:55 AM, Jan Kaluza wrote:
>  > upstream does not build libmagic.a anymore since File-5.14. I don't know what
>  > was the original reason to even package this static library, but according to
>  > repoquery, nobody is using it. I'm removing file-static subpackage in
>  Being a static library, how could repoquery tell you if anyone was using it? 
If a specfile BuildRequires something, the corresponding srpm Requires
that thing.

- ajax

[Michael Schwendt]

On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:45:51 -0400, Bill Peck wrote:

>  Being a static library, how could repoquery tell you if anyone was
> using it? 
Unconditional BuildRequires in a spec file become the src.rpm's Requires.
If the packaging guidelines are followed, you can query for packages
depending on -static packages at build-time, e.g.

# repoquery --archlist=src --whatrequires file-static
--enablerepo='fedora-source'
# repoquery --archlist=src --whatrequires file-devel
--enablerepo='fedora-source'|wc -l
21

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Fedora release 19 (Schrödinger’s Cat) - Linux 3.9.0-0.rc3.git0.4.fc19.x86_64
loadavg: 0.35 0.15 0.09

[Bill Peck]

On 03/22/2013 10:23 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
>  On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:45:51 -0400, Bill Peck wrote:
>
> > Being a static library, how could repoquery tell you if anyone was using it?
>  Unconditional BuildRequires in a spec file become the src.rpm's Requires.
>  If the packaging guidelines are followed, you can query for packages
>  depending on -static packages at build-time, e.g.
>
>  # repoquery --archlist=src --whatrequires file-static
> --enablerepo='fedora-source'
>  # repoquery --archlist=src --whatrequires file-devel
> --enablerepo='fedora-source'|wc -l
>  21
>  
Thank you and Adam for that.  I didn't realize you could query the 
buildrequires like that.