#222 closed defect (invalid)
libtool packaging and dependencies
| Reported by: | ak120 | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | major | Milestone: | |
| Component: | spec files | Version: | |
| Severity: | low | Keywords: | |
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Description
It's not possible to install only libtool runtime. By launching "yum install libtool" there are 11 other required packages offered:
autoconf
automake
binutils
gcc
info
libc-devel
libmpc3
libsupc++6
m4
mpfr
tar
It would be sane for "yum install libtool-devel" to have 67 MB of devtools downloaded and installed.
Change History (3)
comment:1 Changed 7 years ago by
| Resolution: | → invalid |
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| Status: | new → closed |
comment:2 Changed 7 years ago by
Ok, there already is a package with only the runtime called "libtool-ltdl". So only the naming is quite weird.
comment:3 Changed 7 years ago by
It's not a runtime. Libtool doesn't have a runtime and doesn't need one. It's some libtool support libraries for special development cases. They are not needed for normal libtool function and hence are in a separate package.
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The reason why it is so is because libtool is in fact a devel package on its own. And all these dependencies have their reason, w/o them libtool will NOT function properly. I'm closing this. Feel free to re-open if you think that any particular package from the list is not actually required (you will have to provide more details on that though so that we could check).