Ooops...that won't work during install time. Sorry. The only other thing that I can think of is to write a custom %pre script that would check to see whether libcurl.so.2 or libcurl.so.3 is available and if so then continue, if not abort the install with an error message. Bob On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 19:41 -0800, Bob Kashani wrote: > You could try something like this: > > Requires: %(if test -e /usr/lib/libcurl.so.2 ; then echo > "libcurl.so.2" ; else echo "libcurl.so.3" ; fi) > > Bob > > On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 12:23 +0530, Bhupinder Ahuja wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am creating a binary RPM package for a file viewer. > > > > The application links to "libcurl.so.2" dynamically. However, on systems, > > where it is unable to locate "libcurl.so.2", the application looks for > > "libcurl.so.3" and links dynamically. The application fails to launch if it > > cannot find either of the two libraries. > > > > I want to include the same info in the spec file. I want that the rpm > > package should show failed dependency (while doing "rpm -U") if it cannot > > locate "libcurl.so.2" or "libcurl.so.3" in the user-system. > > > > For this I am adding the following line in my spec file: > > Requires: libcurl.so <= 3 > > > > However, the rpm shows failed dependency on the system which has > > "libcurl.so.2" or "libcurl.so.3". > > I tried some other permutations (like "Requires: libcurl.so.2 <=S 3"), but > > the rpm still shows failed dependency. > > > > Only when I explicitly mention "Requires: libcurl.so.2", the rpm > > installation succeeds on the systems having "libcurl.so.2" and similarly for > > "libcurl.so.3". > > > > What I want to know: > > Is there any way by which I can specify (in the spec file), that "rpm -U" > > should fail on the system which does NOT have either "libcurl.so.2" or > > "libcurl.so.3". In this case the rpm package should show failed dependency. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > -Bhupinder > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Chat with 1000s of singles. > > http://www.bharatmatrimony.com/cgi-bin/bmclicks1.cgi?74 Let > > BharatMatrimony.com's Instant Messenger show you how. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Rpm-list mailing list > > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list -- Bob Kashani http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~bobk/garnome _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
