On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 10:00 AM Steve Dickson <ste...@redhat.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > In an upcoming release the libnfsdimap library > will be rolled into the nfs-utils package. > Meaning nfs-utils will be install libnfsidmap > instead of the libnfsidmap package. > > The libnfsidmap name will stay the same > so I'm hoping there will not be any problems. > Just the owner of the library will change. > > Useful general page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrade_paths_%E2%80%94_renaming_or_splitting_packages > Questions: > > 1) What do I do with the old libnfsidmap package > since it will no longer be updated. > > You will want to retire this SRPM. Follow https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_remove_a_package_at_end_of_life > 2) How do I notify the packages that are dependent > on the libnfsidmap package to change their dependency > to nfs-utils > > Well, you don't need to do that. You can have nfs-utils do a virtual Provides: on libnfsidmap. Also, if they are using automatic requires, those should Just Work, since they are now comig from a new package. You will want to make sure to add `Obsoletes: libnfsidmap <= <last_released_version>` to nfs-utils. > 3) Will this cause any build problems now that nfs-utils > will be installing the new library? > > Nope. > 4) What am I missing? > >
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