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

Warren Togami wtogami at redhat.com
Tue Sep 7 21:55:18 UTC 2004


Warren Togami wrote:
> 
> <warren> jbj, is PreReq exactly equivalent to Requires?
> <jbj> warren: except for loop snipping (loops are different problem) 
> yes, identical.
> <jbj> when loops are snipped, PreReq is honored, but all Requires: in 
> loop are ignored.
> <jbj> again, loops need to be solved in other ways.
> 
> Looks like I need to go back through all the specs I edited in the past 
> year and see if I need to revert any PreReq to Requires changes...
> 

<jbj> warren: they *are* exactly equivalent, loops is a different 
problem, you can't possibly fix.
<jbj> you can't possibly fix by choosing PreReq: or Requires:
<warren> jbj, *confused*

Warren





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