On Sep 19, 2007 20:41 -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote: > Andreas Dilger wrote: > > It isn't possible to build an e2fsprogs via "make rpm" on SuSE and have it > > install cleanly, because they split out some of the libraries into separate > > packages. > > > > We've got the current patch to the .spec file, but I'm open to discussion > > if it is more desirable to change the .spec to continue to build separate > > RPMs (though that is more of a distribution hassle and might need major > > changes in the .spec file). > > FWIW, I also have an RFE assigned to me for RHEL/Fedora to split up our > e2fsprogs packages for libcom_err and libuuid... since many > non-filesystem things now require them. So, this is sort of going in > the opposite direction. :) > > Any idea how many distros already split it out?
I know Debian-based distros have done this for ages... I'd also welcome someone with rpm-fu split it into separate packages. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger Principal Software Engineer Cluster File Systems, Inc. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
