Re: rpm fails depedency even when they're met

[seth vidal <skvidal fedoraproject org>]

On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 13:39 -0800, Isabelle Poueriet wrote:
> Hello!
>  
> I try to install package X that depends on shared lib Y.so.s1.
> Y.so.1 is on /usr/lib/ and it is supplied by a non-rpm package.
>  
> What can I do so that rpm does not fail depedency of Y.so.1 for
> Package X?
>  
> Thanks much in advance!
>  
>  

have the package installed by rpm. rpm doesn't look at the local
filesystem for what is or is not there. It only looks at the rpm
database. If the file isn't installed by rpm then rpm won't be able to
know about it.

-sv