Is it possible to dynamize "requires" at RPM build time?

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Wed Aug 23 15:55:05 UTC 2006


On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 11:51:27AM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> > You're using "buildroot" in the mock-buildsystem-buildroot sense, not the
> > rpm-BuildRoot sense, right? Doesn't the chrooted environment get its own rpm
> > and rpm database? Isn't that the one you want to use?
> rpm database is created when the buildroot is installed. Ergo, by the
> rpm outside the chroot, which very likely may not match the rpm version
> inside the chroot.

In that case, the rpm database shouldn't be installed into the chroot,
should it? At the very least, not at the standard location for the in-place
rpm....

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