On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 9:32 PM Todd Zullinger <t...@pobox.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Sérgio Basto wrote:
> > Like tftp we may replace xinetd by systemd service files [1] ,
> > if we replace cvs-inetd by a systemd service, the problem is solved.
> >
> > [1]
> >
> https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/tftp/c/15a26fcde8a0078766b6bbba183d89f920e51535?branch=master
>
> The cvs package has supported systemd for years.  There is
> simply an inetd subpackage which provides support for xinetd
> still.
>
> If xinetd is left orpahaned and retired, dropping the inetd
> subpackage from cvs might look something like:
>
> https://src.fedoraproject.org/fork/tmz/rpms/cvs/c/ee901571db
>
> I didn't file that as PR yet because it's not clear whether
> xinetd will be adopted or not.
>
> But it should be relatively easy for us (in the sense of
> most any interested packager) to remove the xinetd dep from
> cvs.
>
> --
> Todd
>
>
Why not split the cvs package like git and create a cvs-core package that
actually contains the cvs executables/files and then only BR/require that
from git/git-cvs? That would be the more immediate solution that prunes the
affected packages from the xinetd orphaning by quite a lot.

-Ian
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