There's always 'AutoReq: 0', which should turn off the automatic requirement finding code.
Jason On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 23:11, Benoit des Ligneris wrote: > Hello, > > While we were doing an OSCAR distro, we (naively!!) > , tried to do an OSCAR RPM. > > While the file distribution causes no particular problem, we have > trouble with PERL. OSCAR uses a lot of PERL modules that are not > provided by any RPM package and this causes dependency problems : > PERL(SIS::DB) > perl(OSCAR::AddNode) > perl(OSCAR::Configbox) > perl(OSCAR::Configurator) > perl(OSCAR::Database) > perl(OSCAR::DelNode) > perl(OSCAR::Distro) > perl(OSCAR::Help) > perl(OSCAR::Logger) > perl(OSCAR::MAC) > perl(OSCAR::Network) > perl(OSCAR::Package) > perl(OSCAR::PackageBest) > perl(OSCAR::PackageInUn) > perl(OSCAR::Tk) > ... > > This problem is similar to the kernel_picker one I mentionned yesterday. > > I think that the solution is to replace every SIS::DB instances in all OSCAR > perl scripts with a file inclusion but I'm not sure that this is the way to go. > Any hints from more experiences RPM experts : > Is there a better way to remove those "false dependencies" from the > OSCAR RPM ? > > In fact, we specify explicitely most of the dependencies in the SPEC > file (RPM name) and if we force the installation, the package is > functionnal however, this is not best practices at all ! > > Francis founded a way to disable the generated dependency : > http://lists.freshrpms.net/pipermail/rpm-list/2003-May/004450.html > but it is definetely not the way to go. > > On another level, our RPM is mandrake 9.2 specific in the sense that some > dependencies that we explicitely specified are Distro dependant. > What is the best way to achieve cross-distro RPM compatibility ? > > Ben ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Oscar-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel
