> > > 1) send your changes to the developer of the rpm, explain the need for the > > > change and ask the developer if he/she is agreeable, to update their rpm > > > to include your changes and send you the new release. > > Darrell is right, but I would suggest that rather than use > templates-custom in the interim, that you branch the conflicting package > so that your version of that package doesn't conflict any more. Then once > the developer of the original RPM includes your changes, you build a new > contrib package which requires their new version, and you remove your > branched underlying package. [Have I expressed that clearly enough?]
I think I understand. Example: - create e-smith-named-1.6.1-02 (now is -02) patched with modifications needed by my package and notify e-smith - distribute e-smith-named-1.6.1-02 with my package explaining to install it in sme5.0 only (for example) - when (and if) e-smith applies my patch to e-smith add a Requires to my rpm for the updated e-smith-named I could also use a Requires: e-smith-named-1.6.2 and change the name of my patched named rpm in first step to enforce dependency on updated named. > > Changes are incompatible this time. > > I'm adding a config option to dhcpd.conf not supported by standard dhcp > > version 2. > > When you install dhcp 3, you also install e-smith-dhcp-3. > > > > I believe templates-custom is the only way. Charlie ? > > No. Why don't you have your template code check for the version of dhcp > installed, and only output compatible stuff? Or branch our code (using a > patch, of course) and wait for us to catch up. When you say using a patch, do you mean rebuilding an updated rpm with a small patch ? Ciao, Filippo -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
