Re: Updating wfut package

Michael Thomas wrote: > Alexey Torkhov wrote: >> I was asking Wart to update java wfut package to new native libwfut: >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446837 >> But he is not reachable or too busy to look at it now. >> >> The only package that has dependency on wfut is sear (WorldForge >> client). It hadn't updated for some time, but CVS versions of it are >> using libwfut. >> >> Could somebody take a look on it and say what is needed to get this >> package updated? > > Sorry I've been a bit mute lately. Staffing changes at work have > decreased the amount of time I've been able to devote to Fedora lately. > > The current wfut package provides a single binary executable that is > used by sear. If I recall correctly, the new upstream wfut package > provides a shared library that is linked into applications like ember > and the CVS version of sear. These two packages should be able to be > installed at the same time with no conflicts. The conflict is in that wfut binary. libwfut also providing it as a simple command line client. However, it is possible to rename it in to, say, 'wfut-cmd' or strip it.