Georg Sauthoff wrote: > Hello, > > when packaging a C/C++ program, the rpm automatic dependency feature > usually works well for shared libraries. > > That mean when program 'bar' needs libfoo-devel at build time it's > sufficient to add > > BuildRequires: libfoo-devel > > and I can omit > > Requires: libfoo > > because rpm automatically adds something like: > > libfoo.so.1()(64bit) > > Of course, I could still add a superfluous > > Requires: libfoo > > and then the resulting binary package would contain a redundant > dependency like this: > > libfoo > libfoo.so.1()(64bit) > > Has Fedora a policy against such redundant dependencies?
Yes, see https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/#_explicit_requires -- Rex _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
