Re: [Cooker] On to improving RPM

[Jean-Michel Dault]

On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Pablo Saratxaga wrote:

> > btw does anyone know if it's possible to amke rpm requires package foo OR
> > package bar ?
> 
> AFAIK you can't.
> That is currently one of the major flaws of rpm.

There is a hack: instead of saying "mysql OR msql" for example, have mysql
provide mysqlormsql and the same thing for the other package. And have
your package require mysqlormysql =)

One limitation with virtual packages (that's what it's called) is that you
can't use a version number. You could not have for example Requires:
mysqlormysql > 3.22.32.

Jean-Michel Dault
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