Hello again,
I am working on defining dependencies for an RPM and having trouble
getting the Requires portion to work. I have the following line in my
SPEC file:
...
%define kernel 2.6.9-55.0.2.EL
...
Requires: kernel = %{kernel}
When I run rpm -qpR <rpm> on this package, it prints out the dependency
like I would expect:
[:user@host:] rpm -qpR <package>-0.2-1.i386.rpm
kernel = 2.6.9-55.0.2.EL
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
...but I can then install the package without having the dependency met.
Have I mis-used this value or missed something here? My host is
running a kernel from an earlier version and does not have this kernel
installed, yet I am able to install this package without issues.
I have tried changing the kernel version to 2.8.9 and that works by
preventing the package install and enforcing the dependency so it looks
like the Requires does not force checking beyond the first few version
numbers. I have found nothing in the documentation that would suggest
this limitation.
TIA,
--
Joshua M. Miller - RHCE,VCP
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