Re: New to RPMs - Dependencies in my own rpm

[Tim Mooney <mooney dogbert cc ndsu NoDak edu>]

In regard to: New to RPMs - Dependencies in my own rpm, Linux said (at...:

> I am attempting to create an RPM with a binary and a dependent shared
> library.
>  
> %files
> /mypath/bin
> /mypath/lib
>  
> In the bin directory, is my program:
> myprog
>  
> In the library, is my library plus links to the library
> mylib.so.2.1.1 (actually library)
> mylib.so (link to the library)
>  
> When I try to install the rpm, it says that mylib.so is required by the
> rpm to install, but it is in the rpm.
>  
> If I querry the package to see what it provides, it provides
> mylib.so.2.1.1
>  
> But the link is what is "needed" by the package. How do I get the rpm to
> know that it also provides the link? Or am I linking the executable
> incorrectly?

It's more likely you're building the library incorrectly.  Does your
library have a SONAME?  If not, you need to build it so that is has one,
and then relink myprog.  That will probably fix the issue you're having.

Basically, running

	ldd myprog

and

	objdump -p mylib.so.2.1.1 | egrep SONAME

should both agree for mylib.

Tim
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