On 2004-12-15 (Wednesday) 00:09, James Yonan wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Doncho N. Gunchev wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> > the samples from openvpn's rpm package raise dependencies on perl
> > and some perl modules with Fedora. I assume it is problematic for other
> > distros also, so I suggest to move them in separate sub-package.
> > I splitted the package into two packages - openvpn-2.0...i386.rpm and
> > openvpn-samples-2.0...rpm. This way I can use 'AutoReq: 0' and
> > 'Requires: %name = %version' within '%package samples' and have right
> > and authomatic dependencies for the main package at the same time.
> > Is this acceptable for all?
>
> I already added "AutoReq: 0" -- see 2.0-rc4.
>
> At this point, I would rather not split it up into 2 packages:
>
> * The current dependencies are minimal. Other than LZO, the only other
> mandatory dependencies are OpenSSL, pam, and glibc, all of which should
> exist by default on any standard Linux distro. Pam is needed by the new
> C version of the auth-pam plugin. But perl is not.
>
> * I've added --defines so you can build without LZO or pam.
>
> * I don't consider perl to be a mandatory dependency and I've removed it.
>
> * I've added BuildRequires for openssl-devel, lzo-devel, and pam-devel
>
> > Also, for Fedora/Red Hat the right group is not Networking/Tunnels
> > but maybe Applications/Internet (/usr/share/doc/rpm-*/GROUPS is refered
> > as source for groups in fedora), but this is not a big problem... Maybe
> > I'm too pedantic and there's another %if is not needed?
>
> Is there a standard place in the RPM category space where VPN tunnels
> should go? If possible, I'd like to use the same category for all
> distros.
>
AFAIK all distributions define their own RPM Groups. RPM is not that
standardized I'm afraid :(
We know Red Hat, Fedora Core and SuSE have 'Applications/Internet',
but MNF8.2 does not have any containing 'Application' or 'Internet' :(
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