On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 02:30:26PM +0100, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > Hi, > > Simple question: What is the difference between PreReq and Requires, and > which should be used in which case? > It does not matter. PreReq: and Requires: are exactly equivalent these days. Yes dependency loops are handled by snipping Requires: but not PreReq:, that is whole different issue, and should be addressed by avoiding the loop, not by the sole remaining distinction within rpm. If the 2nd paragraph does npot make sense re-read the 1st sentence. 73 de Jeff -- Jeff Johnson ARS N3NPQ jbj@xxxxxxxxxx (jbj@xxxxxxx) Chapel Hill, NC _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
