Sean Sosik-Hamor wrote: > On Jun 21, 2005, at 4:53 PM, Dan Trainor wrote: > >> I was wondering if RPM had a built-in "die" function, so that if I was >> looking for some install prerequisites in %pre or some such, and if they >> were not met, the RPM install would bail out with an error of my choice, >> so that the install would not continue. > > > If your prerequisites are other RPMS then you can use the Requires: > tag; RPM won't continue unless the RPM dependencies are satisfied. > > If your prerequisites are files not under RPM control then I'd > experiment with exit codes in %pre (I didn't RTFM so I don't know if > there's a %die or %exit macro). > > Summary: Pepper Pad utilities > Name: pepperpad-utils > Version: 1.0 > Release: 33.pepper > URL: http://www.pepper.com/ > Source0: %{name}-%{version}-%{release}.tgz > License: Pepper Computer, Inc. > Group: Base > BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-root > Vendor: Pepper Computer, Inc. > Packager: Pepper Computer, Inc. > Requires: kernel >= 2.4.20-5.pepper > Obsoletes: peppertime > Obsoletes: peppertv > > /Sean/ > Sean - Thanks for the response. Sorry, I forgot to mention - the prereq's would be determined based on some shell chickenscratch that simply checks for the existance of files, what machine type, etc etc. I understand that Requires: would work in certain situations, but not for this one. Thanks -dant
