Bug 1259474 – python-setuptools missing provides for python2-setuptools

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Bug 1259474 - python-setuptools missing provides for python2-setuptools

Summary:	python-setuptools missing provides for python2-setuptools

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	python-setuptools (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	7.2
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	unspecified Severity unspecified
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Charalampos Stratakis
QA Contact:	Jakub Heger
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Keywords:	EasyFix, FastFix

Duplicates:	1284754 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2015-09-02 12:38 EDT by Carl George
Modified:	2017-09-26 09:23 EDT (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	python-setuptools-0.9.8-6.el7
Doc Type:	No Doc Update
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Last Closed:	2017-08-01 08:14:52 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2017:1900	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	python-setuptools bug fix update	2017-08-01 12:02:36 EDT

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Description Carl George 2015-09-02 12:38:48 EDT

Description of problem:
The latest Fedora Python Packaging guidelines [1] state that python modules should have a virtual provides for python2-%{srcname}.  Obviously RHEL is not Fedora, but I think this enhancement makes sense for the RHEL package as well.  Similar virtual provides already exist on the base python packages.

    $ rpm -q --provides python | grep ^python2
    python2 = 2.7.5
    $ rpm -q --provides python-devel | grep ^python2
    python2-devel = 2.7.5-18.el7_1.1

Benefits:
EPEL package maintainers (like myself) can require the virtual python2 name in our spec files.  This allows the same spec file to be used for both Fedora and EPEL.

Drawbacks:
None that I am aware of.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
0.9.8-3.el7

Actual results:
python-setuptools does not provide python2-setuptools

Expected results:
python-setuptools should provide python2-setuptools

Additional info:
[1]: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Python#Provides

Comment 2 Alan Pevec 2015-12-07 20:00:04 EST

*** Bug 1284754 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Orion Poplawski 2016-05-10 17:59:46 EDT

This would help a lot with Fedora EPEL package consistency.

Comment 4 Orion Poplawski 2016-10-24 18:58:06 EDT

Really disappointed that this does not appear to have made it into 7.3.

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-01 08:14:52 EDT

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:1900

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