[Fedora-packaging] Package dependence and build system choice

Jason L Tibbitts III tibbs at math.uh.edu
Fri Dec 3 20:14:11 UTC 2010


>>>>> "f" == frank  <frank at cloud.com> writes:

f>      1. For those absent JARs, how should I handle them?

You must package them separately.

f> Could directly include them in my package?

That is not permitted.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:No_Bundled_Libraries

f> I saw some packages do directly include JARs even these JARs are
f> available in other packages. e.g. eclipse-pde

If that's the case then that package needs fixing.

 - J<


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