On Fri, 30 May 2014 11:45:11 -0500, Richard Shaw wrote:
First let me say that if anyone wants to be the primary maintainer of
pvm
please step up! I only need it as a dependency.
While fixing the build for rawhide due to a tcl/tk update I had to look at
the spec file and it was horrifying (ok, I'm exaggerating a bit).
The sources are extracted directly into the buildroot and then built in
place. Also, it is "installed" (if you can call it that) into /usr/share
even though it includes static libraries and binaries (which are later
symlinked into /usr/bin)
So questions:
1. Is this even legal?
2. Should this package go through a re-review?
The original "Merge Review" was closed after five years of nobody
showing interest in it:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/226327
Rather than reopening that old ticket it would always be possible
to open a new one, though. ;)
3. Can the install location be changed at this point? Other distros
seem
to install into /usr/lib{,64} and symlink the binaries from there.
There are also a large number of patches, some of which for secondary
arches so I don't think I'm the right person to lead the charge here....
Any volunteers?
Thanks,
Richard