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

[Matthew Miller]

On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 12:05:33PM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> > 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....
> So, how would you expect rpm in the chroot to work? It couldn't get out
> of the chroot to query the database, and you'd have to have --initdb
> write out /etc/rpm/macros to point the db someplace else...

But isn't what Jesse is saying that the rpm in the chroot *doesn't* -- or
can't be relied on to -- work?

In that case, it seems better to make it *always* not work.

Maybe I'm just really confused. :)

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