[fedora-java] Re: dependency issues with java-1.4.2-gcj-compat

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Thu Sep 15 17:43:56 UTC 2005


Thomas Fitzsimmons wrote:

> I just changed rebuild-gcj-db to be an alternative symlink.  Therefore
> RPM wouldn't know about it.  Might that be the problem?

IMO, I would argue that in itself is a bug in your packaging.  Any rpm 
that creates alternatives/symlinks should *own* the alternative/symlink 
it is creating.  Simply touch the target, and add a %ghost entry to the 
%files section.

-- Rex




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