Re: how to write a Requires: for an imported rpm?

[John Rouillard <rouilj-rpm renesys com>]

On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 11:17:21AM -0400, Zac Elston wrote:
> so I have some inhouse packages that require a specific java...no  
> problem, we download the jdk rpm from SUN and add a Requires: jdk >=  
> 1.5.0_12 line to my inhouse rpm...and...
> 
> 	Unresolvable chain of dependencies:
> 	newstuff                    requires jdk >= 1.5.0_12
> 
> checking the jdk rpm, it's there and ready to go..I can install it  
> manually and the inhouse packages sees it as installed and completes,  
> but it (the jdk rpm) refuses to be seen during up2date runs.
> [...]
> arg...ok.    how do I determine what the package wants to be  
> referenced as or is there some reason I'm not aware of why this won't  
> work?  like sun jdk rpms are broken and I have to roll my own....

Check to see if it has an epoch number, If it exists the version info
is ignored.

See the thread from:

 http://www.redhat.com/archives/rpm-list/2006-August/msg00071.html

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				-- rouilj

John Rouillard
System Administrator
Renesys Corporation
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