On Tue, 9 Oct 2012 15:59:28 -0700 (PDT), lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Sun, 7 Oct 2012 at 22:44, doiggl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>> I chose "2" - why do you need mkinitrd-2.7.1 for this? openSUSE 12.2 >>> comes with mkinitrd-2.7.0 and installation & booting of the kernel went >>> fine >> >> mkinitrd 2.7.1 available from: >> http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/Kernel:/stable/standard/x86_64/mkinitrd-2.7.1-176.3.x86_64.rpm > > Sure, I was just wondering why your package did _depend_ on > mkinitrd-2.7.1, i.e. what features in mkinitrd are you relying on, that an > older version of mkinitrd would not be sufficient? > > Christian. Hello, I suspect it comes from this section in the spec file, Cheers Glenn source:https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file?file=kernel-reiser4.spec&package=kernel-reiser4&project=home%3Adoiggl&srcmd5=c1f7ad8470fed45a842cabedd7589c2c BuildRequires: coreutils module-init-tools sparse BuildRequires: fdupes Provides: multiversion(kernel) Provides: %{name}_%_target_cpu = %version-%release Provides: %name = %version-%source_rel %if %split_base Provides: kernel-base = %version-%source_rel # Obsolete the -base subpackage from 11.1 and 11.2 development phase Obsoletes: %name-base <= 2.6.31 %endif Requires(pre): coreutils awk # Need a module-init-tools with /usr/lib/module-init-tools/weak-modules2 Requires(post): module-init-tools >= 3.4 # This Requires is wrong, because the post/postun scripts have a # test -x update-bootloader, having perl-Bootloader is not a hard requirement. # But, there is no way to tell rpm or yast to schedule the installation # of perl-Bootloader before kernel-binary.rpm if both are in the list of # packages to install/update. Likewise, this is true for mkinitrd. # Need a perl-Bootloader with /usr/lib/bootloader/bootloader_entry Requires(post): perl-Bootloader >= 0.4.15 Requires(post): mkinitrd >= 2.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe reiserfs-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html