Yes, the original request was for a binary RPM. Specifically, we are leveraging libfuse SLES packages as libfuse2, RHEL packages as fuse-libs, Mageia as lib64fuse2, ... A single way to write the 'Requires:' directive would be my holy grail. Jerry Heyman | Principal Software Engineer | Software is the difference EMC Data Domain | between hardware and reality Jerrold.Heyman@xxxxxxx / 919.597.7812 | > -----Original Message----- > From: Rpm-list [mailto:rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stuart D. Gathman > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 10:12 AM > To: General discussion about the RPM package manager > Subject: Re: single RPM for all distros? > > On Wed, 1 Jun 2016, Daniel Letai wrote: > > > if find-requires provides the correct libs, you might use 'Autoreq: > > yes' and it would work. > > See http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm-snapshot/s1-rpm-depend-auto-depend.html > > > > On rhel, find-requires path is at > > /usr/lib/rpm/find-requires > > > > > > Otherwise, you can write conditional anything, e.g., > > > > %if 0%{?fedora} >= 18 || 0%{?rhel} >= 7 %ifarch %{arm} > > Requires: glibc >= 2.16 > > %endif > > %endif > > Those provide for a single SRPM that compiles on multiple distros. > That is good, and standard practice, but I think the OP was asking if there was a way for a single *binary* RPM to > install on multiple distros. Of course there is, but what I've seen from proprietary vendors has been rather ugly - > usually a combination of static linking and lengthy %pre/%post scripts that make me afraid to install the package. > > > On 04/29/2016 05:00 PM, Heyman, Jerrold wrote: > > > > I'm pretty sure I know the answer, but is there a way to have a > > single product RPM that can be installed on multiple distros? > > -- > Stuart D. Gathman <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxx> "Confutatis maledictis, flamis acribus addictis" - > background song for a Microsoft sponsored "Where do you want to go from here?" commercial. _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
