On 06/21/2012 05:16 PM, Paul Howarth wrote:
On 06/21/2012 03:53 PM, Alec Leamas wrote:
> On 06/21/2012 04:04 PM, Paul Howarth wrote:
>> [cut]
>> The filtering page on the wiki is rather out of date as it pre-dates
>> rpm 4.9 (F-15 onwards), which includes a native filtering mechanism
>> and doesn't require that the internal dependency generator be turned
>> off, and is therefore safe to use on packages containing binaries.
>
> Ouch! And thanks! This has cost Richard (the submitter) quite some time.
>
> Any chance that you, who seems to know this stuff, could update the
> wiki? Or at least just insert a warning it's outdated? I know I could
> that myself, and I will unless someone else does. But it's always an
> advantage to know what you are talking about ;)
That would have to go through the packaging committee, as the
Packaging: pages have restricted edit access.
I could write up a draft but it'll take quite a while to get round to
it as I'm really busy at work at the moment.
Paul.
Sorry, I missed it was part of the core guidelines. Should have known
that :(
--alec