rpmlint (EPEL) for EL5

[Manuel Wolfshant]

On 11/17/2011 02:24 PM, Nelson Manuel Marques wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> EPEL provides rpmlint for EL5 (version 0.94 if I'm not mistaken). I've tried to install it on a test machine (RHEL 5.5) and it doesn't install because it fails to resolve dependencies, xz. I don't believe xz is provided by RHEL repositories, and it seems it's not also provided by EPEL.
>
> Package fails to install. What are the normal procedures to get this fixed? I would assume that using a conditional to check the version and include the xz dependency only for RHEL6 or superior would do the trick, as an example:
>
> %if 0%{?rhel_version}>= 6
> Requires:  xz
> %endif
>
> Bug reports for EPEL are submitted on bugzilla.redhat.com?
>
xz is in the base repository of RHEL ( and EPEL builds against the 
latest release )
OTOH your machine needs to be updated to a more recent RHEL version:

#yum list \*xz\*
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Determining fastest mirrors
Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 - Base
Finished
Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 - Updates
Finished
Available Packages
xz.x86_64                       
4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5            base
xz-devel.i386                   
4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5            base
xz-devel.x86_64                 
4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5            base
xz-libs.i386                    
4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5            base
xz-libs.x86_64                  
4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5            base
xz-lzma-compat.x86_64           
4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5            base


    Manuel