Re: New kernel-doc only sometimes has an issue

[Paul Howarth <paul city-fan org>]

Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:45:25AM -0600, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:44:05 -0500,
> >  Josh Boyer <jwboyer gmail com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:34:57AM -0600, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> > > > I noticed today in rawhide that when kernel-doc isn't built for a kernel,
> > > > it isn't included at all. I thought the intention was to include the
> > > > latest kernel-doc that was built?
> > > That's not how the compose stuff works since kernel-doc is a subpackage.
> > >
> > > Bill pointed this out when the commit went into the kernel package.
> > Isn't that a problem though?
>
> For whom?
>
> The kernel-doc package isn't exactly popular.  It's built once per -rc as
> the amount of change day-to-day is likely very small or near zero.  It's
> not installed by default (or I don't think it is).

The problem is that when the SRPM for the kernel build that included the 
docs is superseded in the repository by one that doesn't include the 
docs, the kernel-doc package is pruned from the repo at the same time 
and hence is not available to be installed by those that might want it. 
For it to stay in the repo, it would have to originate from a different 
source package than the kernel itself, or more special-casing would have 
to be done in the repo management system.

Paul.