$ du -h /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/*.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.10-v5-update.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.11-v5-update.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.12-v5-update.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.13-v5-update.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.14-v5-update.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.15-v5-update.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.16-v5-update.patch 28K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.17-v5-update.patch 28K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.18-v5-update.patch 20K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.19-v5-update.patch 16K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.20-v5-update.patch 8.0K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.21-v5-update.patch 8.0K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.22-v5-update.patch 4.0K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.23-v5-update.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.9-v5-update.patch 4.0K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/util-linux-2.12a-flock.patch 4.0K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/util-linux-2.12q-flock.patch
[$ du -h autofs-5.0.4/patches 2.0M autofs-5.0.4/patches ]
So, we've got ~48K of %changelog details in the autofs.spec, but the question why the %doc line explicitly includes patches/* is not answered. That clutters up the docdir unnecessarily.
Who can tell why this is done?
Michael Schwendt mschwendt@gmail.com writes:
$ du -h /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/*.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.10-v5-update.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.11-v5-update.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.12-v5-update.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.13-v5-update.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.14-v5-update.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.15-v5-update.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.16-v5-update.patch 28K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.17-v5-update.patch 28K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.18-v5-update.patch 20K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.19-v5-update.patch 16K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.20-v5-update.patch 8.0K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.21-v5-update.patch 8.0K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.22-v5-update.patch 4.0K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.23-v5-update.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.9-v5-update.patch 4.0K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/util-linux-2.12a-flock.patch 4.0K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/util-linux-2.12q-flock.patch
[$ du -h autofs-5.0.4/patches 2.0M autofs-5.0.4/patches ]
So, we've got ~48K of %changelog details in the autofs.spec, but the question why the %doc line explicitly includes patches/* is not answered. That clutters up the docdir unnecessarily.
Who can tell why this is done?
I presume Ian can.
Cheers, Jeff
On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 13:03 -0500, Jeff Moyer wrote:
Michael Schwendt mschwendt@gmail.com writes:
$ du -h /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/*.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.10-v5-update.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.11-v5-update.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.12-v5-update.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.13-v5-update.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.14-v5-update.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.15-v5-update.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.16-v5-update.patch 28K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.17-v5-update.patch 28K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.18-v5-update.patch 20K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.19-v5-update.patch 16K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.20-v5-update.patch 8.0K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.21-v5-update.patch 8.0K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.22-v5-update.patch 4.0K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.23-v5-update.patch 76K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/autofs4-2.6.9-v5-update.patch 4.0K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/util-linux-2.12a-flock.patch 4.0K /usr/share/doc/autofs-5.0.3/util-linux-2.12q-flock.patch
[$ du -h autofs-5.0.4/patches 2.0M autofs-5.0.4/patches ]
So, we've got ~48K of %changelog details in the autofs.spec, but the question why the %doc line explicitly includes patches/* is not answered. That clutters up the docdir unnecessarily.
Who can tell why this is done?
Oh .. oops.
Once upon a time there were only a couple patches and they were small and they weren't included in the kernel so it was sensible to place them in the docs directory in case they were needed.
But nowadays they aren't needed so much, especially the patches for the older kernels, as the updates make there way into Fedora kernels in reasonable time.
Log a bug and we'll fix this.
Ian