1:53 a.m.
Hi all
When I saw that an update for slang was available, I issued an apt-get
install slang, and thought that it would pull slang-devel too. It didnt:
# rpm -qR slang-devel
slang = 1.4.9
Shouldn't a -devel rpm require the main rpm with %{version}-%{release}, not
only %{version} ? In the fedora.us bug 2225
(https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2225), Michael Schwendt
explains that the full Requires it almost always needed. Could slang be one
of those corner cases, or is it just a bug ?
Thanks
Aurélien
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7:25 a.m.
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Aurelien Bompard wrote:
Hi all
When I saw that an update for slang was available, I issued an apt-get
install slang, and thought that it would pull slang-devel too. It didnt:
# rpm -qR slang-devel
slang = 1.4.9
You are getting confused. You answered your own question above. slang-devel
requires slang, not the other way around. Think about it, the reason for
breaking out things into the -devel packages is to not install the devel
stuff unless you need it. *-devel is not ever required by the parent package
that I am aware of.
Regards,
Tom
8:05 a.m.
Tom Diehl wrote:
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Aurelien Bompard wrote:
>Hi all
>
>When I saw that an update for slang was available, I issued an apt-get
>install slang, and thought that it would pull slang-devel too. It didnt:
># rpm -qR slang-devel
>slang = 1.4.9
>
>
You are getting confused.
Nope, you are :-) The
"I issued an apt-get install slang, and thought that it would pull
slang-devel too."
.. is a red herring. He already has slang _and_ slang-devel installed
and expected the dep resolution on "apt-get install slang" to force an
upgrade of slang-devel too. Because the dep in slang-devel is only on
the version and not the release of slang it didn't force the update.
The question was - should the slang-devel "Requires:" specify just a
version dep or both version and release? Peronally I think you're better
off with a full epoch:version-release dep between the devel->parent as
quite often build time options are enough to mangle autogenerated
development material.
Carwyn
5:25 p.m.
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Carwyn Edwards wrote:
Tom Diehl wrote:
>On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Aurelien Bompard wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi all
>>
>>When I saw that an update for slang was available, I issued an apt-get
>>install slang, and thought that it would pull slang-devel too. It didnt:
>># rpm -qR slang-devel
>>slang = 1.4.9
>>
>>
>
>You are getting confused.
>
>
Nope, you are :-) The
OK, I see. :-)
"I issued an apt-get install slang, and thought that it would pull
slang-devel too."
.. is a red herring. He already has slang _and_ slang-devel installed
and expected the dep resolution on "apt-get install slang" to force an
upgrade of slang-devel too. Because the dep in slang-devel is only on
the version and not the release of slang it didn't force the update.
Sounds like a packaging problem to me.
The question was - should the slang-devel "Requires:"
specify just a
version dep or both version and release? Peronally I think you're better
off with a full epoch:version-release dep between the devel->parent as
quite often build time options are enough to mangle autogenerated
development material.
I think in this case you are correct, although I thought (obviously
incorrectly) that the automagic dep generator in rpmbuild would have taken
care of such a case.
Tom
9:59 a.m.
Carwyn Edwards wrote:
He already has slang and slang-devel installed
and expected the dep resolution on "apt-get install slang" to force an
upgrade of slang-devel too.
Exactly. Sorry if I was unclear.
I'll just fill a bug then.
Thanks
Aurélien
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