Re: Specifying dependency install order

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq jbj gmail com>]

On Aug 22, 2006, at 2:34 PM, Tim Mooney wrote:

> In regard to: Re: Specifying dependency install order, Jeff Johnson  
> said...:
>
> > > So, is there a way that I can do this inside of one RPM, where I  
> > > list the
> > > deps, and say which are to be installed in what order?
> >
> > Nope. Well you can try invoking rpm -Uvh within %post, and rpm - 
> > evh within %preun,
> > adding --nodeps to install contained *.rpm files, but that cure  
> > may make you wish for tastier
> > rocks instead.
>
> A long time ago, you added "manifest" capability to RPM.  If that's  
> still
> present, it might do what is being asked for.  It's probably no better
> than your --anaconda suggestion, though.

Yes, I forgot about manifests.

Adding --noorder (or equivalently --nodeps which implies --noorder)  
would also be needed.

Anyways a manifest is just a list of package file paths, easily  
generated by
    ls -1 /path/to/rpmfiles/*.rpm > manifest
and then installing with
    rpm -Uvh manifest

Check that manifest is okay with
    rpm -qp manifest

73 de Jeff