Re: [PATCH] obsolete libcom-err for SuSE e2fsprogs

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>]

Andreas Dilger wrote:
> On Sep 19, 2007  20:41 -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> Andreas Dilger wrote:
>>> It isn't possible to build an e2fsprogs via "make rpm" on SuSE and have it
>>> install cleanly, because they split out some of the libraries into separate
>>> packages.
>>>
>>> We've got the current patch to the .spec file, but I'm open to discussion
>>> if it is more desirable to change the .spec to continue to build separate
>>> RPMs (though that is more of a distribution hassle and might need major
>>> changes in the .spec file).
>> FWIW, I also have an RFE assigned to me for RHEL/Fedora to split up our
>> e2fsprogs packages for libcom_err and libuuid... since many
>> non-filesystem things now require them.   So, this is sort of going in
>> the opposite direction.  :)
>>
>> Any idea how many distros already split it out?
> 
> I know Debian-based distros have done this for ages...
> 
> I'd also welcome someone with rpm-fu split it into separate packages.

I'd do this, my rpm-fu is still reasonably strong, though - I'm curious,
is there a compelling reason to split out just libcom-err?  what about
libuuid?  libblkid?  e2fsprogs is a bit of a grab bag of things.  What's
the rationale for the split?

-Eric