[OpenAFS-devel] Re: openafs spec-file kernel-detection

Derek Atkins warlord@MIT.EDU
Mon, 22 May 2006 10:23:24 -0400


seth vidal <skvidal@linux.duke.edu> writes:

>> What about yum repositories?  (Or is that the same thing?)
>
> They're not the same thing and yum (rpm-metadata) repositories include
> all of the file dependencies and therefore can solve for any/all file
> dependencies. Moreover, apt-rpm in current development can use
> yum-repository metadata instead of the apt-only format.

Okay, so perhaps longer term we could drop the kernel-{,type-}{arch}
dependency, but for now, for the next release, let's see how it
goes...

> -sv

-derek

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