Re: rpm gets some deps wrong?

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq nc rr com>]

Frank Cusack wrote:

> I don't understand why rpm is complaining about breaking a dependency,
> when the package being removed doesn't provide said dependency:
>
> [root@mother root]# rpm -e kernel-smp-2.4.21-gg3
> error: Failed dependencies:
> 	kernel-smp = 2.4.21-gg2 is needed by (installed) NVIDIA_kernel-2.4.21-gg2-smp-1.0-4363gg10
> 	kernel-smp = 2.4.21-gg2 is needed by (installed) bcm5700-2.4.21-gg2-smp-6.2.11-gg3

It's not the package you're adding, it's the package that is already 
installed, that
has a requirement that would be broken if the --erase were to occur.


> [root@mother root]# rpm -q --whatprovides kernel-smp
> kernel-smp-2.4.20-8
> kernel-smp-2.4.20-19.9
> kernel-smp-2.4.21-gg2
> kernel-smp-2.4.21-gg3
> [root@mother root]# rpm -q --provides kernel-smp-2.4.21-gg3
> kernel = 2.4.21
> kernel-drm = 4.1.0
> kernel-drm = 4.2.0
> kernel-drm = 4.2.99.3
> kernel-drm = 4.3.0
> module-info  
> kernel-smp = 20030716:2.4.21-gg3
---------------------^^^^^^^

is probably you problem., the requirement of the installed package (most 
likely)
does not specify an Epoch:. missing epoch is treated as epoch: 0 after 
install.

73 de Jeff