On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 04:11:06PM -0600, Browder, Tom wrote: > How does one satisfy dependencies for libraries, etc., that are not in > the rpm database? Dependency resolvers like up2date, yum or apt-rpm using their package repository database for resolving non-installed dependencies. > error: Failed dependencies: > libblah.so.0 is needed by foo-12-1 > > And libblah.so.0 was not added by an rpm package. If it exists on your system but is not in an rpm, you have to install your package with --nodeps. > I've ensured that ldconfig has it in its cache, and it's on the > LD_LIBRARY_PATH list. Si I assume that rpm is using the rpm database. Yes, it is. > Is there a way to update the rpm database manually? The rpm database is to administer installed rpm's. If you want your libblah.so.0 to be in there, make sure it is installed as an rpm. You could build a stub rpm package containing "Provides: libblah.so.0" etc., but this is pretty dirty... > P.S. I also notice that the install portion of the rpmbuild process > doesn't use the rpm database. Is that correct? Or is the problem one of > dependency? I see no errors during the rpmbuild process. This is correct. -- -- Jos Vos <jos@xxxxxx> -- X/OS Experts in Open Systems BV | Phone: +31 20 6938364 -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Fax: +31 20 6948204 _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
