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Revision as of 00:17, 15 January 2009 by Rathann (talk | contribs) (some loose notes on using alternatives, to be submitted as an update to Packaging Guidelines)
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Why not 

%files
...
%ghost %{_bindir}/foo

? Because duplicates in %files are forbidden by FPG. 

Provides: %{_bindir}/foo

seems to be the best option.

Pros:

  • rpm -qf /usr/bin/foo works
  • yum install /usr/bin/foo works
  • repoquery --whatprovides /usr/bin/foo works

Cons:

  • unwieldy with lots of alternativized files
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