On Sun, 16 Aug 2015, Michael Ströder wrote:
HI!
Could someone enlighten me why some packages are derived from others?
Example:
https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/network:ldap/openldap2
This already generates several different RPMs.
Derived from openldap2:
https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/network:ldap/openldap2-client
Both packages almost use the same .spec files and generate several RPMs. Why does openldap2 not simply generate additional client RPMs? Even the OpenLDAP server uses the client libs anyway.
Because of the extra build dependencies of the openldap2-client packages. This enlarges the minimal set of packages to bootstrap for no good reason. Richard.
Ciao, Michael.
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