DKMS for megaraid_sas

[Todd Lyons]

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On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 02:07:06PM -0400, Daniel De Marco wrote:

>* Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch at dell.com> [03/10/2008 13:54]:
>> I've intentionally kept the build tools (gcc etc.) out of the listed
>> Requires: for dkms, because dkms itself is usable on runtime systems
>> with prebuilt binaries.  The build tools only come into play when
>> rebuilding the source, but there's a very vocal crowd of people who do
>> _not_ want build tools installed on their runtime systems.  Patch
>> would fall into the 'build tools' category as well, it's only used
>> during 'dkms build' time.
>I just realized that I had the dkms package from dag repository
>installed, instead of the dell one. That package has the developement
>tools as prerequisites, but it is missing the patch dep. 
>I then sent the mail to the wrong people.
>Sorry for the confusion.

It would be worth including the paragraph from Matt above when you send
your Email to Dag.  There is a very good reason that build tools are not
installed on servers, and splitting the dkms into regular and build
packages is an elegant solution to those concerns.
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Regards...		Todd
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