Re: rpms/fence-agents/F-11 fence-agents.spec,1.13,1.14

[Michael Schwendt <mschwendt gmail com>]

On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:37:28 +0100, Fabio wrote:

> >> I also considered a specific file Requires: /usr/bin/virsh, but policy
> >> suggests to avoid that for different reasons.
> > 
> > Really? What policy is that? Programs in bin paths are covered by the
> > primary metadata. Such a dependency would be more accurate.
> 
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#File_Dependencies
> 
> I understand that files in bin paths are already covered by primary
> data, but the way it is formulated there, it sounds (to me) that there
> is still extra processing involved from the different depsolver.

You've misread that section. Most of it comments on file dependencies
_outside_ (!) /etc and bin paths. Those are the ones you ought to avoid,
as the depsolvers would need to download and parse additional metadata
archives.