Dependency reciprocity : real world problem with httpd and httpd-suexec

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Tue Sep 7 21:03:30 UTC 2004


Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 10:27:37 -1000, Warren Togami wrote:

>>Eh?  jbj has confirmed on multiple occasions that there is NO DIFFERENCE 
>>between PreReq and Requires.

> Prereqs are different from requires only in that a PreReq is guaranteed
> to be installed before the package that contains the PreReq.  PreReq's
> are used only to order packages, otherwise PreReq's are exactly the same
> as a Requires: dependency.

Yep.  In my experience, at least for FC2 (and most earlier releases) 
that both Prereq and Requires(post) *does* make the Prereq'd item get 
installed first.

-- Rex





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