On Tue Jul 18, 2023 at 15:27 +0200, Fabio Valentini wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2023, 15:22 Maxwell G <maxw...@gtmx.me> wrote:
>
> > On Tue Jul 18, 2023 at 12:38 +0200, Jakub Kadlcik wrote:
> > > Hello Jerry,
> > > I proposed a workaround a few days ago
> > > https://pagure.io/FedoraReview/pull-request/485
> > >
> > > but your patch looks like a proper fix. I'll try it and merge to the
> > > fedora-review codebase.
> > >
> > > Does anybody know what was the purpose of --resolve and if it will be
> > > no problem when we remove it?
> >
> > --requires --resolve resolves the entire dependency tree of a package.
> > --requires just prints the direct dependencies that are specified in the
> > RPM metadata.
> > I don't know what this code is used for,
> > but I don't think simply removing --resolve is the right solution.
> >
>
> Is it though? I assume you're thinking of "--recursive". As far as I know,
> "--requires --resolve" force resolution of virtual provides instead. I
> don't think removing "--resolve" is the correct solution for this case.
>
> For example, the check if a package depends on something that's deprecated
> (i.e. "Provides: deprecated ()") would need to resolve and check the actual
> package dependencies, not only virtual provides.
>
> Fabio

Indeed. You're right!



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