On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 02:59:22PM -0400, Brian Long wrote: > > I downloaded the .SPEC and verified. You are correct. I've been > writing RPMs for a while, but didn't realize you could specify Requires > (post) or Requires(postun). What is the point? If it's required for > post and postun, why not just make it a requires so dumb end users like > me don't remove the other RPM like chkfontpath? :) It really does accurately describe the dependency on chkfontpath. It's only needed in the %post scriptlet context. Once fonts-xorg-75dpi has been successfully installed, there's no need for chkfontpath anymore. Regular Requires: should be used when something is needed to use the package on the system... -- Matt Wilson rpath, Inc. msw@xxxxxxxxx
