> Begin forwarded message: > > Since I am likely still censored on <rpm-l...@rpm.org > <mailto:rpm-l...@rpm.org>>, I will reply here as well. > >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> From: Jeffrey Johnson <n3...@me.com <mailto:n3...@me.com>> >> Subject: Re: support for manual file dependencies ? >> Date: June 21, 2017 at 4:09:36 AM EDT >> To: General discussion about the RPM package manager <rpm-l...@lists.rpm.org >> <mailto:rpm-l...@lists.rpm.org>> >> >> >>> On Jun 21, 2017, at 4:03 AM, Panu Matilainen <pmati...@redhat.com >>> <mailto:pmati...@redhat.com>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Um, what isn't packaged cannot be depended on. That is a pretty fundamental >>> feature of package management. >>> >> >> Um, what is present on the file system (or sonames present in a library) can >> be tested for dynamically >> without the tyranny of having to package and install an RPM in an rpmdb. >> >> A dynamic test that can be reproduced with external tools is at least as >> dependendable >> as a file that is registered in an rpmdb but has been removed on the file >> system. >> >> 73 de Jeff >> > > FYI: > > RPM5 has a set of probe dependencies that can dynamically check assertions > on any file that can be passed to access(2) (this includes all the > functionality implemented > in access(2) flags). > > This is also true for sonames from libraries that were installed (by “make > install”). > > The are details in the <rpm-devel@rpm5.org <mailto:rpm-devel@rpm5.org>> > archives … I’ll dig them out if there is any serious interest. > > hth > > 73 de Jeff > >
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