[Fedora-packaging] gfortran modules directory owning?
Hello,
Some time ago a guideline for gfortran modules directory was accepted:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/FortranModulesDir
First I think this should be in the guidelines, %_fmoddir is in since
F10.
Second, there is an issue with directory ownership. The directories
in that proposal, for .mod files, are not owned by any package:
%_libdir/gfortan
%_libdir/gfortan/modules
One possibility could be to have libgfortran own them, that way
libraries dynamically linked whould bring in libgfortran and the
directories. However for libraries linked statically, this doesn't work
since they don't depend explicitly on libgortran, but they depend on
gcc-gfortran adding the right link information when doing the link.
The guideline is not to require the compiler for -devel packages, unless
I am missing something. As a side note, since gcc-gfortran is not in
the minimal buildroot it has to be a BauildRequires, though.
I see 2 possibilities to solve that issue:
* put %_libdir/gfortan %_libdir/gfortan/modules in filesystem
* do an addition to the guideline PackagingDrafts/FortranModulesDir to
have library linked statically by gfortran and installing .mod files
have an explicit dependency on gcc-gfortran.
What's your opinion?
A bugzilla for directory ownership issue:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=483469
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Pat