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--- Comment #9 from Bohuslav "Slavek" Kabrda bkabrda@redhat.com 2012-02-16 01:38:31 EST --- (In reply to comment #5)
(In reply to comment #4)
Well, the guidelines for obsoleting are pretty clear, so it should really be the way I mentioned in comment2.
I'm not sure I see where that would be the case. The guidelines I am reading are from http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Renaming.2FReplacing_Exis... and state, in part:
Example: foo being renamed to bar, bar is compatible with foo, and the last foo package release being foo-1.0-3%{?dist} with Epoch: 2; add to bar (and similarly for all subpackages as applicable):
Version: 1.0 Release: 4%{?dist} Provides: foo = 2:%{version}-%{release} Obsoletes: foo < 2:1.0-4Following that, the last ruby-shadow release was 1.4.1-15%{?dist}, with no epoch. I still believe that the proper obsoletes/provides entry is:
Obsoletes: ruby-shadow < 1.4.1-16 Provides: ruby-shadow = %{version}-%{release}After looking more, obsoletes for ruby(shadow) are not needed at all, as a newer ruby(shadow) provides will already be added as a matter of normal ruby packaging process. That name isn't changing, so the obsoletes is not required.
The important part that requires Obsoletes/Provides here is ruby-shadow, as that is the old package we're replacing.
Am I missing something?
Hmm, I see your point, but I understand this guideline differently: (For the Provides:, we obviously have the same, so let's just talk about the Obsoletes:) In the example you mentioned, foo is being replaced by bar, bar's EVR is 2:1.0-4. I understand it the way, that this should come out of the EVR of bar, not the old foo (that's why the Version and Release tags are written in the example, I think). But I see your point that you want to obsolete "bumped foo". Nevertheless, I still think that my solution is better according to common sense, because if ruby-shadow of version 1.5 would be packaged, than it wouldn't be obsoleted, but still would be of no use, as the provides of ruby-shadow the rubygem is higher.