[Fedora-packaging] kver in release (was: Re: rpms/kernel-module-thinkpad/devel kernel-module-thinkpad-console.perms, NONE, 1.1 kernel-module-thinkpad.modules, NONE, 1.1 kernel-module-thinkpad.spec, 1.7, 1.8 kernel-module-thinkpad-README.Fedora, 1.1, NONE"

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

Am Samstag, den 02.07.2005, 08:10 -0500 schrieb Tom 'spot' Callaway: 
> On Sat, 2005-07-02 at 14:20 +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> > Not really important, but imho important enough to send this mail:
> > 
> > Am Samstag, den 02.07.2005, 07:28 -0400 schrieb Ville Skytta:
> > >[...]
> > > +Release:        2.%(echo %{kver} | tr - _)
> > >[...]
> > 
> > I'm still wondering if another character would be better. "_" is already
> > used in the %{release} of the kernel -- imho it's a bit confusing. And
> > it's not easy to convert the result or this tr"" back to the original
> > output of "uname -r" if someone wants to do that. 
> 
> What would you suggest instead?

What other chars are allowed in %{release}? 

/me looks over my keyboard

= works, but probably is not a good idea
§ works

Or what about

2.%(echo %{kver} | sed 's/-/__/)

Still confusing but at least could be converted back.

> Alternately, we could make the Provides: kernel-module = %{kver},

Without the name? Yeah, why not. 

Does the old fedora.us/livna scheme make more sense as a virtual
provides maybe?
Provides: kernel-module-somename-%{kver} = %{version}-%{release}

I'm undecided...
-- 
Thorsten Leemhuis <fedora at leemhuis.info>