[Mageia-dev] Standardising the virtual Provides in -devel packages

[Sander Lepik]

13.07.2011 13:02, Ahmad Samir kirjutas:
>
> Using pkgconfig provides looks like an optimal option, we could start
> now, whenever we touch a spec we change to the pkgconfig provides, and
> gradually all the specs will be adapted.
>
> And for the packages that don't have .pc files we add:
> Provides: %{name}-devel = %{version}-release
> Provides: lib%{name}-devel = %{version}-release
>
> or we could add them to all packages whether they have .pc files or
> not, but still always use pkgconfig() provides as BR in our specs.
>
> WDYT?
>
+1

IMHO provides should be added anyway.

Who's gonna update policy? :)

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Sander