[packman] libsndfile splitting

Toni toni at links2linux.de
Thu Jun 11 20:18:13 CEST 2009


Am Dienstag, 9. Juni 2009 schrieb Cristian Morales Vega:
> Looking at the libsndfile spec file, there is
>
> Package sndfile
> Provides: libsndfile = 1.0.17
> Obsoletes: libsndfile <= 1.0.17
>
> Package libsndfile%{_SO_nr}
> Provides: libsndfile:%{_libdir}/libsndfile.so.1
>
> that shows a package (libsndfile) splitting into two (sndfile and
> libsndfile%{_SO_nr}). But the thing is that for all the supported
> openSUSE versions (>=10.3) that isn't true.
> sndfile provides the executables and man pages, but the openSUSE
> package providing them is libsndfile-progs, not libsndfile.
>
> So "sndfile" is an update for libsndfile-progs and
> "libsndfile%{_SO_nr}" is an update for libsndfile. With some Provides
> and Obsoletes there would be enough, there is no need for the
> split-alias (Provides: libsndfile:%{_libdir}/libsndfile.so.1).
>
new package uploaded with Obsoletes/Provides for libsndfile-progs


-- 
have fun
Toni




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