Jan Safranek wrote: > Fedora splits Net-SNMP to many subpackages - net-snmp (the server), > net-snmp-utils (the clients), net-snmp-libs, net-snmp-perl, > net-snmp-devel and net-snmp-gui (for tkmib). The rpms we distribute at > SF.net download page are split differently and do not force removal of > the Fedora packages, i.e. Fedora's net-snmp-utils won't get removed when > user installs our net-snmp.rpm. The easy solution is to add Conflicts: > and Provides: statements to our .spec to clearly replace Fedora packages. > > Question is, whether we want such Fedora-only dependencies in the .spec.
The Linux packaging in SVN (dist/net-snmp.spec, dist/*init.d) already *is* RedHat/Fedora-centric anyway. Improving it to allow for easier installation of our packages on RedHat/Fedora machines while properly dealing with native packages is a Good Thing, IMHO. For the moment I'd vote for the "easy solution" (Conflicts: and Provides: statements) instead of changing the sub-package splitting. <insert any of Wes' rants on RedHat/Fedora package splitting from the archives here> > And another question is what about other distros - quick look at > Mandriva shows, that they have completely different packaging of Net-SNMP. Which may well be another reason for not necessarily following the vendor's way of splitting the package, but focusing on proper Conflicts: and Provides: statements instead. > Second issue is that most distributions provide sample configuration > file in /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf. Why don't we distribute one? That's actually two questions in one: 1) What SNMPCONFPATH should we use for each distro? 2) Should we install an initial snmpd.conf somewhere along SNMPCONFPATH instead of just providing our EXAMPLE.conf in the docdir? +Thomas ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
