[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release libqwt-6.0.1-2.mga3

[Jani Välimaa]

On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:15:13 +0200
Sander Lepik <sander.lepik at eesti.ee> wrote:

> 18.11.2012 16:52, zezinho kirjutas:
> >> Now to fix the mess:
> >>      - create libqwt5 package
> >
> > Done, but cannot submit it because a libqwt5 package already
> > exists. Any hint?
> You can't submit it because your main package (Name: libqwt5) and
> library package for i586 (%define libname %mklibname qwt %{major})
> have the same name. As main package contains no files i would
> probably rename it to qwt (Name %realname), but i'm not 100% sure if
> that's the right thing to do. Packagers with more knowledge may have
> better ideas.
> 

Renaming also affects to the src pkg name and IMHO it's not how it
should be done.

Just remembered one similar case. Dunno if this helps, but look how it's
made in libraw1394_8 pkg.
http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/cauldron/libraw1394_8/current/SPECS/libraw1394_8.spec?revision=302617&view=markup