Also sprach Meir Faraj :
>
> On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> > Could someone point out to me where the required package "jdk" is so that I
> > can install ApacheJServ-1.1.2-5mdk
> >
> > I am assuming that the package is supplied as I can see know reason to
> > supply a package that explicitly states (from "jdk is needed by
> > ApacheJServ-1.1.2-5mdk") that it REQUIRES the jdk package
> you could use the one from sun I think :
> java.sun.com/linux
RPM "requires" tags are expressed as "virtual package" only, meaning
something this package needs for functionning. And "provides" tag works
the same way : they just express what the package brings to you. These
tag are informative only.
All this means the only package bringing "jdk" virtual package is on the
Mandrake commercial CD1, but it is not mandatory : you can also use jdk
tarball provided by Sun (best solution), or any other distro package
(not really a good idea to mix distro packages), that won't carry this
tag. In this case, you'll have to use --nodeps for installing
ApacheJServ.
--
Guillaume Rousse
Murphy's law : If anything can go wrong, it will.
O'Tool's commentary : Murphy was an optimist.
