RE: automatic dependencies and relocatabel package

["Wichmann, Mats D" <mats d wichmann intel com>]

>I have the following problem with building a relocatable RPM package: 
>even if I specify AutoReqProv: no in spec file, it generates 
>dependency 
>on /bin/sh (probably due to my package includes some shell scripts), 
>which is not available as I install my package using a private RPM 
>database, like:
>
>
> > rpm -i --dbpath /home/akazarov/releases/testRPMinst/RPMDB 
>--prefix=/home/akazarov/releases/testRPMinst 
>/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/LCG-43a-0.i386.rpm
>error: Failed dependencies:
>        /bin/sh is needed by LCG-43a-0
>    Suggested resolutions:
>        bash-2.05b-41.4.i386.rpm
>
>The rest of dependencies (on system DLLs) are not there, as 
>desired, but this /bin/sh is ...

the /bin/sh is there because something has to run your
package scripts on install.

you simply have to push this into your private database.
make an otherwise empty package that "Provides: /bin/sh"
and install that before you get started.