Bug 1022104

(In reply to Stanislav Ochotnicky from comment #0)
> Package idm-console-framework seems to contain versioned jar files in
> %{_javadir}
> (/usr/share/java). Such versioned files cause problems for automatic
> requires generation and violate packaging guidelines[1].
> 
> List of subpackages and contained versioned jars
> idm-console-framework:
> /usr/share/java/idm-console-base-1.1.7.jar

This is the "real" file
> /usr/share/java/idm-console-base-1.1.jar

This is a symlink to idm-console-base-1.1.7.jar

There is also /usr/share/java/idm-console-base.tar which is a symlink to idm-console-base-1.1.jar

So the package _does_ provide <name>.jar with no version.

The other jar files below follow a similar convention.

If this is unacceptable, can someone please explain to me
1) Why this is not acceptable - I just do not understand the package guidelines
2) How I can fix it if I do not have control over what upstream does

> /usr/share/java/idm-console-mcc-1.1.7.jar
> /usr/share/java/idm-console-mcc-1.1.jar
> /usr/share/java/idm-console-nmclf-1.1.7.jar
> /usr/share/java/idm-console-nmclf-1.1.jar
> 
> 
> There are cases where this can be a false positive. Most likely if:
>    * your package is compatibility version and contains only versioned
>      jars
>    * your package has version in the name of jars that are part of
>      package name
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Java#Filenames

Basically the answer is same as https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1022184#c4 

No tools in Fedora can actually safely use the versioned jar files because they change with each version and the only way to keep dependent packages working is to use unversioned jar (or a versioned jar from compat package that never changes).

So it seems there should be just 3 files:
/usr/share/java/idm-console-base.jar
/usr/share/java/idm-console-mcc.jar
/usr/share/java/idm-console-nmclf.jar

(In reply to Rich Megginson from comment #1)
> If this is unacceptable, can someone please explain to me
> 1) Why this is not acceptable - I just do not understand the package
> guidelines

1. Versioned jars are useless
2. Nothing can safely use them (except the package itself)
3. It breaks automatic requires for packages that depend on your package

> 2) How I can fix it if I do not have control over what upstream does

Uhmm, you do realize we don't always just blindly copy what upstream does right? You can change the spec file to remove versioned jars and install just the unversioned. It's not like this is the first time that we are overriding what upstream does so that we can integrate packages more easily

Upstream ticket:
https://fedorahosted.org/389/ticket/47604

Created attachment 878352 [details]
Remove version from JAR name

This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 22 development cycle.
Changing version to '22'.

More information and reason for this action is here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Program_Management/HouseKeeping/Fedora22

idm-console-framework-1.1.9-1.el7 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 7.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/idm-console-framework-1.1.9-1.el7

Package idm-console-framework-1.1.9-1.el7:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=epel-testing idm-console-framework-1.1.9-1.el7'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2015-1110/idm-console-framework-1.1.9-1.el7
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

389-admin-console-1.1.10-1.el7 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 7.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/389-admin-console-1.1.10-1.el7

389-ds-console-1.2.10-1.el7 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 7.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/389-ds-console-1.2.10-1.el7

idm-console-framework-1.1.14-1.el7 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 7.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/idm-console-framework-1.1.14-1.el7

389-ds-console-1.2.12-1.el7 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 7.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/389-ds-console-1.2.12-1.el7

389-ds-console-1.2.12-1.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

389-admin-console-1.1.10-1.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

389-admin-console-1.1.11-1.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2016-45d9ee24b6

Fedora 22 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2016-07-19. Fedora 22 is
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