Re: turning off /bin/sh auto-require

[Jeff Johnson <jbj JBJ ORG>]

On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 04:47:47PM -0600, Tim Mooney wrote:
> In regard to: turning off /bin/sh auto-require, Dano Carroll said (at...:
> 
> >I compiled rpm 4.0.2 for Solaris 2.6. I've turned off auto requires in
> >the spec file (autoreqprov: no) to prevent library dependency
> >additions. However, the rpm created still adds /bin/sh as a
> >dependency. Of course this file exists on the system I'm doing the
> >install on, but it isn't listed in the rpm database since it is
> >provided by the Solaris package system. How do I prevent this
> >requirement from being added to my rpm?
> 
> If there are any scripts (e.g. %post, %pre, etc) then you can't prevent
> /bin/sh as a dependency unless you actually edit the source code for RPM
> and remove the section that emits that dependency.
> 
> Your options:
> 
> 1) add
> 
> 	Provides: /bin/sh
> 
> to /etc/rpmrc on your Solaris box.
> 

Be forewarned:
	This mechanism is a hack, and is gonna disappear w/o warning
	one of these rpm releases. Use the virtual package mechanism
	in 2) please. I've almost managed to remove the mechanism from
	rpm 3 times now, will get there yet.

> or
> 
> 2) build a virtual package that provides the necessary functionality (and
> other stuff if you want -- that way you can leave the AutoReqProv on),
> as described in previous messages on this list.  See also the
> vpkg-provides.sh and brethren that are shipped as contributed materials
> with RPM 4.0.x.
> 

And thank you, Tim, for providing the rplacement for /etc/rpmrc Provides: :-)

73 de Jeff

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