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[Matthias Saou]

Jeremy Katz wrote :

> On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 13:31 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
> > Are there any advantages in *not* having the Requires:?
> 
> If there aren't requirements on kernel packages, then buildroots don't
> need to have a kernel available/installed which speeds up the creation
> time for them.  

So we're back to the "missing" feature of rpm that would be :

"_If foo is installed_, then require it with this version dependency"

These, as well as "suggests" and such have been discussed many time, and
the general conclusion is that rpm won't ever be able to do that. At least
not without major rewrite/breakage/step-forward.

If only it was as easy as "Requires: ?kernel >= 2.6.12" :-(

Matthias

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