License file in multiple locations
by Kalev Lember
Hello,
I am trying to package a program that expects to find its license file
(COPYING) in /usr/share/%{name} to be able to show license text at
runtime. However, standard practice is to install this file to the %doc
directory in /usr/share/doc/%{name}-%{version}.
What would be a good way to solve this? Right now I can see 4 different
ways and each of it has its flaws:
1) Symlink the file from /usr/share/%{name} to the standard %doc
directory. This doesn't seem to be a good idea, because then runtime
would depend on the presence of %doc marked items.
2) Patch the program in spec file to search the license text in
/usr/share/doc/%{name}-%{version} instead. I wouldn't really like to
carry a Fedora-specific patch in the RPM though.
3) Not to mark COPYING as %doc at all, and only install it in
/usr/share/%{name}.
4) Install COPYING file in both directories, and only mark it as %doc in
/usr/share/doc/%{name}-%{version}.
The review request and spec file of the package in question is here:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=powwow
--
Kalev
15 years, 2 months
rawhide report: 20090416 changes
by Fedora compose checker
Compose started at Thu Apr 16 06:15:04 UTC 2009
Removed package WebKit
Updated Packages:
DeviceKit-disks-004-0.9.20090415git.fc11
----------------------------------------
* Wed Apr 15 2009 David Zeuthen <davidz(a)redhat.com> - 004-0.8.20090415git.fc11
- New snapshot
* Wed Apr 15 2009 David Zeuthen <davidz(a)redhat.com> - 004-0.9.20090415git.fc11
- Rebuild
createrepo-0.9.7-4.fc11
-----------------------
* Wed Apr 15 2009 Seth Vidal <skvidal at fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.7-2
- fix 495845 and other presto issues
* Wed Apr 15 2009 Seth Vidal <skvidal at fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.7-4
- patch another buglet
evince-2.26.1-1.fc11
--------------------
* Wed Apr 15 2009 Matthias Clasen <mclasen(a)redhat.com> - 2.26.1-1
- Update to 2.26.1
- See http://download.gnome.org/sources/evince/2.26/evince-2.26.1.news
fedora-logos-11.0.0-1.fc11
--------------------------
* Wed Apr 15 2009 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa(a)redhat.com> - 11.0.0-1
- Update to 11.0.0 art (except for KDE splash)
ghostscript-8.64-6.fc11
-----------------------
* Wed Apr 15 2009 Tim Waugh <twaugh(a)redhat.com> 8.64-6
- Applied patch to fix CVE-2009-0792 (bug #491853).
- Applied patch to fix CVE-2009-0196 (bug #493379).
gnome-applets-2.26.1-3.fc11
---------------------------
* Wed Apr 15 2009 Matthias Clasen <mclasen(a)redhat.com> - 1:2.26.1-3
- Make gweather network status tracking work
gnome-panel-2.26.1-2.fc11
-------------------------
* Wed Apr 15 2009 Matthias Clasen <mclasen(a)redhat.com> - 2.26.1-2
- Fix the clock applets network tracking code
google-gadgets-0.10.5-4.fc11
----------------------------
* Fri Mar 27 2009 Christopher Aillon <caillon(a)redhat.com> - 0.10.5-4
- Rebuild against newer gecko
* Fri Mar 06 2009 Jan Horak <jhorak(a)redhat.com> - 0.10.5-3
- Rebuild against newer gecko
gvfs-1.2.2-3.fc11
-----------------
* Wed Apr 15 2009 David Zeuthen <davidz(a)redhat.com> - 1.2.2-3
- Sync with the gdu-volume-monitor branch
gwenhywfar-3.7.2-2.fc11
-----------------------
* Wed Apr 15 2009 Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> - 3.7.2-2
- buildrequire openssl-devel, for gct-tool (#495813)
iok-1.3.4-1.fc11
----------------
* Tue Apr 14 2009 Parag Nemade <panemade(a)gmail.com>- 1.3.4-1
- Update to Next release 1.3.4
kdebindings-4.2.2-4.fc11
------------------------
* Wed Apr 15 2009 Kevin Kofler <Kevin(a)tigcc.ticalc.org> - 4.2.2-4
- reenable csharp on ppc
libatasmart-0.12-1.fc11
-----------------------
* Wed Apr 15 2009 Lennart Poettering <lpoetter(a)redhat.com> 0.12-1
- New upstream release
ltsp-5.1.70-1.fc11
------------------
* Sun Apr 05 2009 Warren Togami <wtogami(a)redhat.com> - 5.1.70-1
- Fix typo in mkinitrd config
- Configure plymouth for graphical boot on supported hardware
mash-0.5.0-1.fc11
-----------------
* Wed Apr 15 2009 Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> 0.5.0-1
- Add support for generating deltas with createrepo
- add F11 key to config (<jkeating(a)redhat.com>)
- various multlib updates (#485242, etc.)
numpy-1.3.0-2.fc11
------------------
* Tue Apr 14 2009 Jon Ciesla <limb(a)jcomserv.net> 1.3.0-2
- Split out f2py into subpackage, thanks Peter Robinson pbrobinson(a)gmail.com.
pilot-link-0.12.3-20.fc11
-------------------------
* Wed Apr 15 2009 Ivana Varekova <varekova(a)redhat.com> - 2:0.12.3-20
- rename blacklist-visor to blacklist-visor.conf (#494765)
system-config-firewall-1.2.16-2.fc11
------------------------------------
tomcat5-5.5.27-6.2.fc11
-----------------------
* Wed Apr 15 2009 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa(a)redhat.com> - 0:5.5.27-6.2
- preserve upgrade ordering, clean up CLASSPATH export
xfce4-settings-4.6.0-5.fc11
---------------------------
* Wed Apr 15 2009 Kevin Fenzi <kevin(a)tummy.com> - 4.6.0-4
- Make Antialias default (bug #495700)
* Wed Apr 15 2009 Kevin Fenzi <kevin(a)tummy.com> - 4.6.0-5
- Bump to fix tagging mistake.
Summary:
Added Packages: 0
Removed Packages: 1
Modified Packages: 20
Broken deps for ppc
----------------------------------------------------------
fedora-ksplice-0.5-3.fc11.noarch requires ksplice
Broken deps for ppc64
----------------------------------------------------------
cabal2spec-0.12-1.fc11.noarch requires ghc > 0:6.10.1-7
fedora-ksplice-0.5-3.fc11.noarch requires ksplice
15 years, 2 months
[Fwd: Please help me with this build problem with dist-f10]
by Hedayat Vatankhah
Hi again!
Nobody can help me with this build problem in F10 and F9? :(
Thanks,
Hedayat
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Please help me with this build problem with dist-f10
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:09:34 +0430
From: Hedayat Vatankhah <hedayat(a)grad.com>
To: Development discussions related to Fedora
<fedora-devel-list(a)redhat.com>
Hi all,
I built this package successfully in rawhide, but in Fedora 10 it fails.
Would you please help me with this error:
https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/getfile?taskID=1282950&name=build.log
It seems to me that there is something wrong with Fedora 10's libtool.
The previous version of this package successfully compiled on Fedora 10,
and I don't expect any changes in the new package in these areas!
Thanks in advance,
Hedayat
15 years, 2 months
death of koji (and he was so young!)
by Neal Becker
Watching tasks (this may be safely interrupted)...
1302206 build (dist-f9-updates-candidate,
/cvs/pkgs:rpms/Cython/F-9:Cython-0_11_1-1_fc9): open
(x86-5.fedora.phx.redhat.com)
1302207 buildSRPMFromSCM (/cvs/pkgs:rpms/Cython/F-9:Cython-0_11_1-1_fc9):
free
1302207 buildSRPMFromSCM (/cvs/pkgs:rpms/Cython/F-9:Cython-0_11_1-1_fc9):
free -> open (x86-1.fedora.phx.redhat.com)
1302207 buildSRPMFromSCM (/cvs/pkgs:rpms/Cython/F-9:Cython-0_11_1-1_fc9):
open (x86-1.fedora.phx.redhat.com) -> closed
0 free 1 open 1 done 0 failed
1302214 buildArch (Cython-0.11.1-1.fc9.src.rpm, ppc): free
1302215 buildArch (Cython-0.11.1-1.fc9.src.rpm, x86_64): free
1302216 buildArch (Cython-0.11.1-1.fc9.src.rpm, i386): free
1302217 buildArch (Cython-0.11.1-1.fc9.src.rpm, ppc64): free
1302215 buildArch (Cython-0.11.1-1.fc9.src.rpm, x86_64): free -> open
(x86-3.fedora.phx.redhat.com)
1302214 buildArch (Cython-0.11.1-1.fc9.src.rpm, ppc): free -> open
(ppc9.fedora.phx.redhat.com)
1302216 buildArch (Cython-0.11.1-1.fc9.src.rpm, i386): free -> open
(x86-1.fedora.phx.redhat.com)
1302217 buildArch (Cython-0.11.1-1.fc9.src.rpm, ppc64): free -> open
(ppc3.fedora.redhat.com)
ProtocolError: <ProtocolError for koji.fedoraproject.org/kojihub: -1 >
make: *** [koji] Error 1
15 years, 2 months
GCJ requirements
by Jesse Keating
We've had openjdk for a bit now, and even on ppc. Still a number of
things require gcj which means we wind up with a number of java runtimes
being installed on people's systems (and hogging space on the media).
$ sudo repoquery --whatrequires libgcj
ecj-1:3.4.2-4.fc11.x86_64
kawa-1:1.9.1-8.fc11.x86_64
gcc-java-0:4.4.0-0.34.x86_64
sinjdoc-0:0.5-8.fc11.x86_64
libgcj-src-0:4.4.0-0.34.x86_64
java-1.5.0-gcj-0:1.5.0.0-25.fc11.x86_64
libgcj-devel-0:4.4.0-0.34.i586
libgcj-devel-0:4.4.0-0.34.x86_64
This is a bit hard to capture all the things that require gcj and
wouldn't be satisfied by openjdk. Is there a plan to move some/all of
these to openjdk, will there ever be a point where on x86/ppc we can
just have openjdk as the JRE and leave gcj as an optional install?
--
Jesse Keating
Fedora -- Freedom² is a feature!
identi.ca: http://identi.ca/jkeating
15 years, 2 months
Booting F9 kernels on XO...
by Martin Langhoff
Summary:
- F9 kernels don't boot on the XO from an SD card -- even if we get
the initrd to have the right modules, the initrd loads the modules,
creates the device nodes, and yet fails to mount /dev/root --
- dsd has a nice "fixup F9 for XO" script described here
http://www.reactivated.net/weblog/archives/2008/08/regular-linux-desktops...
The script builds a custom 2.6.25 which I think pulls in a few
additional patches (sound, etc), but most importantly, it builds the
mmc related drivers statically. It also sets up an initrd.
If we try to boot with the initd, it fails. But if we skip the initrd,
the system boots.
So there are two avenues
- Figuring out what is wrong with the initrds, and fix mkinitrd. Help
would be welcome here from people who know more about debugging
initrds :-) (is there a way to get dumped into a nash shell when it
all breaks?)
- Build a kernel exactly like Fedora 9 kernels, but with the mmc
drivers built statically. This is what I am am doing right now,
following the nice guide at
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel
cheers,
martin
--
martin.langhoff(a)gmail.com
martin(a)laptop.org -- School Server Architect
- ask interesting questions
- don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first
- http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff
15 years, 2 months
GNOME 2.26.1 (was Re: Plan for todays (20090327) FESCo meeting)
by Debarshi Ray
>> I'd like to discuss the following little schedule oddity:
>>
>> F11 final devel freeze: April 14
>> GNOME 2.26.1 release: April 15 (releases tend to happen in the days
>> before this)
> Sure we can discuss this. I'm thinking though that all that needs to
> happen is a tagging request for getting the packages in post-freeze.
Was there any discussion or decision on this? Right now I am thinking
about Anjuta 2.26.1, which was released on the 14th of April.
Here is the upstream NEWS:
Updates:
- New animation to identify running builds
Bugs fixed:
#578087 – Artwork for Symbol Database is actually not from Monodevelop
team
#564002 – Files view shows useless tooltip
Cheerio,
Debarshi
--
One reason that life is complex is that it has a real part and an
imaginary part.
-- Andrew Koenig
15 years, 2 months
Frozen for Fedora 11
by Jesse Keating
We've reached the final freeze, as well as mass branched. From this
point on, builds from F-11/ will go to dist-f11-updates-candidate and
builds from devel/ will go to dist-f12. dist-f11 itself is locked.
To request a freeze override, please use the Final Freeze
Policy[1]
If you're closing bugs by doing builds, please ensure that those builds
get properly tagged for our final release.
To check the status of your particular build/package, you can look at
the contents of the 'dist-f11' tag in Koji. This is the tag for
rawhide, and what rawhide will compose from until F11 is done.
koji latest-pkg dist-f11f10-final <foo>
It's the last mile folks, lets make it awesome!
[1]: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/FinalFreezePolicy
--
Jesse Keating
Fedora -- Freedom² is a feature!
identi.ca: http://identi.ca/jkeating
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15 years, 2 months
2009-04-16 - Fedora Test Day - yum-presto
by James Laska
Greetings testers,
This Thursday, Seth Vidal and Luke Macken bring us deltarpm support in
Fedora 11. This feature is made possible by way of the yum-presto
plugin. Presto, best stated in the feature page [1], "allows you to
download the difference (called the delta) between the package you have
installed and the one you want to update to. This can reduce the
download size of updates by 60% - 80%."
We'll be joined by Petr Sklenar and Jan Hutař who will help guide test
efforts for the day. Testing will start with fresh Fedora 11 Beta
installs and be upgraded to Snapshot#1 using presto.
If you find yourself disgruntled when notified of a large number of
Fedora updates, please join #fedora-qa this Thursday, April 16, 2009 to
help test yum-presto. Additional details available at
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:Presto_2009-04-16.
Thanks,
James
[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Presto
15 years, 2 months
Upgrade path from F-10+update to F-11
by Laurent Rineau
Unless I missed something, there is a known problem about releasing updates
for F-10 while F-11 is frozen. The evr of the update for F-10 must be
carrefully choosen so that there exists an upgrade path between an updated
F-10 and F-11 (from media, without online updates).
Is there a recommended way to deal with that? Are evr ending with .f10.1,
.f10.2, and so on, are those evr a general way to deal with the upgrade path
during the freeze of F-11 (and more generally during the freeze of rawhide)? I
do not see any specific note about that in Packaging:NamingGuidelines on the
wiki.
--
Laurent Rineau
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LaurentRineau
15 years, 2 months