Le Mardi 19 Novembre 2002 04:24, Buchan Milne a �crit :
> Thierry Vignaud wrote:
> > Guillaume Rousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>>packagers're expected to be intelligent :-)
> >>>
> >>>sure, this is an issue, but not a so important one.
> >>
> >>I never figured out the interest of giving url for sources:
> >>- it is not used by rpm
> >>- it is not always possible to specify such an url (mirrors, dynamic web
> >>pages, etc...)
> >>- there is a dedicated rpm tag for specifying software home page
> >>- and as mdk policy make us change the file name anyway...
> >
> > you can cut & copy just the beginning of the source url ...
>
> AND IF RPM WORKED RIGHT, then:
>
> 'rpm -q --qf "%{SOURCE}" --spefile <spec file>'
You're assuming that sources are always available from constant URL, which is
only 90% true (dynamic URL), and only 80% efficient (mirrors).
Just try to give me the real URL for Java JDK, for instance, or the correct
URL for any perl module.
--
If a program actually fits in memory and has enough disk space, it is
guaranteed to crash.
-- Murphy's Computer Laws n�5
