[1.7] ITP: libassuan

[Charles Wilson]

Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Nov  6 15:35, Charles Wilson wrote:
>> Charles Wilson wrote:
>>> http://cygutils.fruitbat.org/ITP-gnupg2/release/libassuan/libassuan-1.0.5-1-src.tar.bz2
>>> http://cygutils.fruitbat.org/ITP-gnupg2/release/libassuan/libassuan-1.0.5-1.tar.bz2
>>> http://cygutils.fruitbat.org/ITP-gnupg2/release/libassuan/libassuan-devel/libassuan-devel-1.0.5-1.tar.bz2
>>> http://cygutils.fruitbat.org/ITP-gnupg2/release/libassuan/libassuan-devel/setup.hint
>>> http://cygutils.fruitbat.org/ITP-gnupg2/release/libassuan/setup.hint

> Packaging looks ok, but is it really necessary to have a libassuan package which only
> provides the documentation which you then need if you install libassuan-devel?  I think
> it would be simpler to haave only a libassuan-devel package. 

Having
  foo-VER-src.tar.bz2
  foo-devel-VER.tar.bz2
without also having
  foo-VER.tar.bz2
always seems to cause problems for me, and shipping
  foo-devel-VER.tar.bz2
  foo-devel-VER-src.tar.bz2
just seems like cheating somehow.

> Otherwise I'm wondering
> if the requirements aren't upside down.  You require libassuan (the docs) if you install
> libassuan-devel, but not vice versa...

I've removed the interdependent requires: entirely.

> Anyway, it's ok to upload as you prefer.

Done, and updated cygwin-pkg-maint. Announcement tomorrow.

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Chuck