On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 12:00, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On 08 Dec 2003 09:09:31 -0600, Bret Hughes wrote: > > > > > > rpmbuild: relocation error: rpmbuild: undefined symbol: freeSpecVec > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > here is my rpm list for redhat 8.0. Note that the rpm was upgraded > > > > > because of the hang problem that the standard 4.x rpm from redhat has > > > > > under 8.0. With 4.1.1, the problem does not occur. > > > > > > > > > > [root@rh80 SPECS]# rpm -qa | grep rpm > > > > > > > > > > rpmdb-redhat-8.0-0.20020910 > > > > > rpm-python-4.1.1-1.8x > > > > > rpm2html-1.7-8 > > > > > librpm404-devel-4.0.4-8x.27 > > > > > redhat-rpm-config-8.0-1 > > > > > rpm-4.1.1-1.8x > > > > > rpm404-python-4.0.4-8x.27 > > > > > rpm-build-4.1-1.06 > > > > > > > > This should be rpm-build-4.1.1-1.8x, so it matches your version of RPM. > > > > > > > > > Excellent! DOH! Yes, that was it. I had never heard of rpmbuild > > > before, it appears to be a neat tool. > > > > > > > Isn't this a symptom of a packaging error? seems like there should be a > > dependency built into rpmbuild to match the rpm version. > > The error is to assume that there's no such dependency: ;) > > $ rpm -qR rpm-build | grep rpm > rpm = 4.1.1 > rpmlib(VersionedDependencies) <= 3.0.3-1 > rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1 > librpm-4.1.so > librpmbuild-4.1.so > librpmdb-4.1.so > librpmio-4.1.so > > Some users play too much with --nodeps/--force while installing or > upgrading packages. > so I guess that a dependency of rpm 4.1.1 is satisfied by both 4.1-1.06 and 4.1.1-1.8x? too minor of an upgrade to trigger a dep error? Bret
