A bundled copy of Gnulib - The GNU Portability Library [1] was found in gcal. No Bundled Libraries section [2] of Packaging guidelines gives more information on bundled libraries and how they should be handled. Affected gcal version: gcal-3.6-4.fc17 As a kind of copylib, Gnulib has been granted an exception. However, to comply with Packaging guidelines, packages bundling Gnulib must note that the library has been granted an exception in the spec file comment with a link to the FPC ticket where the exception was granted and add a virtual provide to the spec file to note that Gnulib is bundled. Refer to [2] for more details. No comment about bundling Gnulib and no virtual provide were found in the gcal.spec file. To comply with the packaging guideliness please add an appropriate comment to the spec file as well as a virtual provide. Source tarball where bundled Gnulib was found: gcal-3.6.tar.xz At least the following files look like Gnulib files: ./gcal-3.6/m4/00gnulib.m4 ./gcal-3.6/po/Makefile.in.in ./gcal-3.6/po/Makevars ./gcal-3.6/m4/ulonglong.m4 ./gcal-3.6/m4/gnulib-comp.m4 ./gcal-3.6/lib/regex.c ./gcal-3.6/lib/pipe2.c ./gcal-3.6/lib/errno.in.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/time.in.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/gettimeofday.c ./gcal-3.6/lib/sys_socket.in.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/sys_time.in.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/strings.in.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/gettext.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/gnulib.mk ./gcal-3.6/lib/malloc.c ./gcal-3.6/lib/unistd.in.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/stdint.in.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/regex_internal.c ./gcal-3.6/lib/lseek.c ./gcal-3.6/lib/sys_stat.in.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/close-hook.c ./gcal-3.6/lib/link.c ./gcal-3.6/lib/strstr.c ./gcal-3.6/lib/alloca.in.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/regex.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/sys_wait.in.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/localcharset.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/alloca.c ./gcal-3.6/lib/regexec.c ./gcal-3.6/lib/Makefile.in ./gcal-3.6/lib/string.in.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/regcomp.c ./gcal-3.6/lib/stddef.in.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/localcharset.c ./gcal-3.6/lib/sys_ioctl.in.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/langinfo.in.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/fseeko.c ./gcal-3.6/lib/alignof.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/strdup.c ./gcal-3.6/lib/close-hook.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/wchar.in.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/wctype.in.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/streq.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/stdio.in.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/regex_internal.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/stdbool.in.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/str-two-way.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/glthread/threadlib.c ./gcal-3.6/lib/glthread/cond.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/glthread/cond.c ./gcal-3.6/lib/glthread/lock.h ./gcal-3.6/lib/glthread/lock.c ./gcal-3.6/build-aux/warn-on-use.h ./gcal-3.6/build-aux/c++defs.h ./gcal-3.6/build-aux/arg-nonnull.h There are most likely more Gnulib files bundled in the SRPM. I didn't bother to list them all as it shouldn't be necessary. [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/ [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:No_Bundled_Libraries
(In reply to comment #0) > As a kind of copylib, Gnulib has been granted an exception. However, to comply > with Packaging guidelines, packages bundling Gnulib must note that the library > has been granted an exception in the spec file comment with a link to the FPC > ticket where the exception was granted and add a virtual provide to the spec > file to note that Gnulib is bundled. Refer to [2] for more details. I couldn't find FPC ticket for Gnulib exception. Is it ok to go forward with "Provides: bundled(gnulib)" only?
Yes, I would say so. Gnulib is widely known. Or you can add a link to the table with exceptions in packaging guidelines. Up to you.
gcal-3.6.2-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gcal-3.6.2-1.fc16
gcal-3.6.2-1.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gcal-3.6.2-1.fc17
gcal-3.6.2-1.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gcal-3.6.2-1.fc15
Thanks. Fixed in rawhide and updates filed for past releases.
gcal-3.6.2-1.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
gcal-3.6.2-1.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
gcal-3.6.2-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.