On Jan 30, 2012 5:37 PM, "James Antill" <ja...@fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > > For a trivial example -- if package A depends on /bin/foo, will yum & > > > rpm be satisfied with /usr/bin/foo? > > > > Assuming /bin -> /usr/bin link is packaged, yes. > > No, not in any meaningful way, although I assume all of the problems > have been worked out in the testing done already. > > Yum just uses text matching.
So some work needs to be done at the yum layer to make upgrades and install of foreign rpms reasonably smooth, I gather? > But you can add: > > Provides: /bin/foo Ugh! Will that be needed that across the distro for a release or two? cheers, martin
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