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diff --git a/build/rpm/attr.spec.in b/build/rpm/attr.spec.in index c9d4990..e14e7cc 100644 --- a/build/rpm/attr.spec.in +++ b/build/rpm/attr.spec.in @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Summary: Utility for managing filesystem extended attributes. +Summary: Utilities for managing filesystem extended attributes. Name: @pkg_name@ Version: @pkg_version@ Release: @pkg_release@ @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Distribution: @pkg_distribution@ Packager: @pkg_builder@ BuildRoot: @build_root@ Prereq: /sbin/ldconfig +Conflicts: xfsdump < 2.0.0 Source: @pkg_name@-@pkg_version@.src.tar.gz Copyright: Copyright (C) 2000 Silicon Graphics, Inc. Vendor: Silicon Graphics, Inc. @@ -13,23 +14,25 @@ URL: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/ Group: System Environment/Base %description -A utility for manipulating extended attributes on filesystem -objects, compatible with the SGI IRIX tool of the same name. +A set of tools for manipulating extended attributes on filesystem +objects, in particular getfattr(1) and setfattr(1). +An attr(1) command is also provided which is largely compatible +with the SGI IRIX tool of the same name. %package devel Summary: Extended attribute static libraries and headers. Group: Development/Libraries -Requires: @pkg_name@ +Requires: @pkg_name@ >= 2.0.0 %description devel attr-devel contains the libraries and header files needed to -develop programs which make use of extended attributes. This -interface is compatible with the SGI IRIX extended attribute -interface, and makes use of an unofficial Linux system call. +develop programs which make use of extended attributes. +For Linux programs, the documented system call API is the +recommended interface, but an SGI IRIX compatibility interface +is also provided. -Currently only XFS is supported, and the (experimental, unofficial) -system call interface is likely to change in the future. However, -the API built above this system call is unlikely to change and is +Currently only ext2, ext3 and XFS support extended attributes. +The SGI IRIX compatibility API built above the Linux system calls is used by programs such as xfsdump(8), xfsrestore(8) and xfs_fsr(8). You should install attr-devel if you want to develop programs |