[Bug debuginfod/25509] Break a cyclic dependency by core packages

["fche at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25509

Frank Ch. Eigler <fche at redhat dot com> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Frank Ch. Eigler <fche at redhat dot com> ---
Indeed, merely splitting the package up does not solve problematic incoming
dependencies.

IMHO we should encourage distros to have a bootstrap-oriented build of
elfutils, possibly prepared thusly:

- have the elfutils configury have a -debuginfod mode (--without-debuginfod?)
that, instead of just skipping building all that stuff, builds a no-op stub
instead

- expose that --without-debuginfod configure flag to another spec file (or a
--with-* flagged version of the main one) to generate a set of
elfutils-bootstrap-* subrpms

- have the normal non-bootstrap spec file variant Obsolete/Conflict with the
bootstrap siblings

- then these elfutils-bootstrap* rpms should be functional and satisfy all your
bootstrapping needs

- and after bootstrapping is done, nuke the elfutils-bootstrap rpms from your
repo, and build the real thing

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