On 2019-03-26 10:07 a.m., 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?
>
> Best regards
> Georg
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Sightly related to the topic, is there an effective way to use
pkgconfig(foo) for packages rather foo-devel?  It seems very few
packages use that method.


Luya
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