> -----Original Message----- > From: rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > rarob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 8:34 > To: rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Logical 'or' for package dependencies > > Sorry to reply out of sync, I'm only on digest email... > > To followup a bit on my question about RPM and Java dependencies.... > > Currently our product requires a Java 1.6 runtime package to > be installed. > We've tested with SUN/Oracle Java, OpenJDK, and IBM's s390x > package on Linux VMs on zSeries. While I believe I can find > a common 'provides' > feature between OpenJDK and SUN/Oracle, the s390x *sdk* > (which we use to require, and is still installed on our dev > box) only has 2 'features' when queried with 'rpm -q --provides': > libjvm.so > ibm-java-s390-sdk = 6.0.-5.0 Create a second (IBM Java compatibility, having no files) rpm, which provides Java with version which requires ibm-java-s390-sdk with version. rpm -ivh my.rpm ibm-jdk-compat.rpm > > So I still have a question as to the best way to have my > rpm correctly do a 'Requires:' line for any of the three Java > flavors. Somehow I doubt I can convince the IBM group to > include some more features on their packaging. For now we > mention in our documentation that we > *require* a Java package of at least version 1.6, and our > configuration script looks in 'well known' locations for it. Yea, that is a bad idea. > Not ideal. > > -R > > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00. _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
