Re: [Fedora-packaging] Re: Temporarily removing a sub-package
Orion Poplawski wrote:
Mike A. Harris wrote:
> Having package contain Provides/Obsoletes for a previous
subpackage
> which provides some actual functionality, but which is not present
> due to being disabled, means that software which requires the
> functionality is lied to, and dependency resolution is tricked into
> working, but there are runtime software failures or similar.
It's only a lie if a false Provides is added, imo.
Okay. Is there any concern about old paraview-mpi packages being
stranded, in case this can't be fixed by F7 release (or freeze)?
Yes, a problem, which is why I recommended using Obsoletes, but not
Provides. Without out, users with it currently installed may/will soon
end up with dependency problems.
-- Rex