SPECS: tao.spec - auto mono prov/req

[Elan Ruusamäe]

On Friday 12 August 2005 02:49, Paweł Sakowski wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 00:25 +0300, Elan Ruusamäe wrote:
> > > There were some small changes in macros, so no need to fake. Will
> > > bumping rpm_macros_rev in rpm.spec and changing BR: rpm-build to
> > > BR: rpmbuild(macros) be sufficient? How does that work with backporting
> > > to AC-branch?
> >
> > yes. true. it won't work until it's really backported. (ie the BR could
> > be satisfied but the actual behaviour not)
> >
> > so perhaps rpmbuild(monoautodeps) is the right choice.
>
> No need to introduce a Provides for every single new feature.
> rpm_macros_rev high enough has always served that purpose. If you're
> concerned that someone will bump macros rev on Ac again without
> backporting the mono changes, mark that as a TODO in AC-branch spec.
> Then again, if you're modifying it, you might port the change altogether
> as well.

hmm.

what about just creating new package rpm-monoprov and requiring that package 
on BR?

$ rpm -qa | grep prov
rpm-perlprov-4.4.1-5
rpm-pythonprov-4.4.1-5

-- 
glen