glibc-headers RPM bug? (was: Re: Kernel dependency issues)

[Michael Schwendt]

On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:13:21 -0500, Christopher wrote:

> > I'm surprised one can "rpm -e glibc-headers" while keeping glibc-devel
> > That looks a bit strange.
> 
> I'll leave you to file a bug on that if you think it's wrong.

If it were that easy:

  $ rpm -qR glibc-devel|grep ^glib
  glibc = 2.9-2
  glibc-headers = 2.9-2

So, glibc-devel requires glibc-headers.

  $ rpm -q --provides glibc-headers
  glibc-headers(i386)  
  glibc-headers = 2.9-2
  glibc-headers(x86-32) = 2.9-2

  $ rpm -q --whatprovides glibc-headers
  glibc-headers-2.9-2.i386

  $ sudo rpm -e glibc-headers

Uh? That should not have been possible, because now:

  $ rpm -V glibc-devel
  Unsatisfied dependencies for glibc-devel-2.9-2.i386:
          glibc-headers = 2.9-2 is needed by glibc-devel-2.9-2.i386

Can anyone reproduce this? Surely I cannot file a bug about glibc. This
looks more like a bug in RPM. F10 here, btw.