Matthias Koenig wrote: > It is stated in > http://en.opensuse.org/Package_Dependencies > in the section "Renaming a package", that the old package name in the > Provides tag should be versioned. > The example given is: > > Name: package > Version: 1.1 > Requires: > Provides: pac = 1.0 > Obsoletes: pac <= 1.0 > Conflicts: > > Now, this seems to imply that the version should be that one of the old > version (before the rename was done). The argument given is that a later > re-renaming should be possible. > > Looking at the libcurl-devel subpackage: > %package -n libcurl-devel > Provides: curl-devel = %{version}-%{release} > Obsoletes: curl-devel > > This will expand to the current version-release number and seems to > contradict the way it is done in the above document.
But if for whatever reason someone needs curl-devel = 7.16.1, should this dependency be satisfied by _any_ future version of libcurl-devel? Obsoleting just curl-devel <= 7.16.1 is a good idea. Michal --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
