While installing my package that depends on kernel 2.4.18 Release 37.7.x (a fictional release that does not exist and obviously I do not have installed, therefore the installation should fail)...
# rpm -i mypackage.rpm -vv . . D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Providename create mode=0x42 D: YES A kernel = 2.4.18 B kernel = 2.4.18-37.7.x . . .. rpm installation succeeds. Now, rpm -qa |grep kernel shows this: #rpm -qa kernel kernel-2.4.7-10 kernel-2.4.18-19.7.x kernel-2.4.18-18.7.x kernel-2.4.18-18.7.x kernel-2.4.18-17.7.x Whereas rpm.org's documentation explicitly says: On: http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/s1-rpm-depend-manual-dependencies.html The following: " We can get even more specific and require a particular release of a package: requires: bar >= 2.7-4, baz = 2.1-1 " My spec had this: Requires: kernel = 2.4.18-37.7.x Any idea why this unsatisfied-dependency (due-to-incorrect-release) does not fail? My RPM version is 4.0.3, on a stock RH7.2 Thanks! -- Miki Shapiro <aris at pharoe dot com> Unixophilic Software Developer --------------------------------------------- Tel: +972-(56)-322433 ICQ: 3EE853 --------------------------------------------- If at first you don't succeed... .. SkyDiving is probbably not for you. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
