In regard to: Re: using "--nodeps" with rpmbuild is it possible?, Jos Vos...:
On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 03:43:50PM -0500, Tim Mooney wrote:--nodeps is only used at install time (not build time), to work around a package that has dependencies that you want to ignore.Just for completeness: --nodeps *can* be specified with rpmbuild, but then it means that the build requirements (BuildRequires header lines) should be ignored. In most cases not very useful, except when you only want to build a source rpm (rpmbuild -bs).
Thanks for the clarification. I wasn't aware of this, but it makes sense in retrospect. Tim -- Tim Mooney mooney dogbert cc ndsu NoDak edu Information Technology Services (701) 231-1076 (Voice) Room 242-J6, IACC Building (701) 231-8541 (Fax) North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5164