Bug 1107839

Summary:	Consider adding explicit version dependency: Requires: libestr >= 0.1.9
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	Brenton Leanhardt <bleanhar>
Component:	rsyslog	Assignee:	Tomas Heinrich <theinric>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Marek Marusic <mmarusic>
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Version:	7.1	CC:	mmarusic, pvrabec
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Description Brenton Leanhardt 2014-06-10 18:32:05 UTC

Description of problem:

The rsyslog package has "BuildRequires: libestr-devel >= 0.1.9".  I suspect the build environment is automatically adding the libestr dependency however it is not setting the version to match the build requirement.

It's likely not strictly required for RHEL 7 however it's nice for distro maintainers to have the dependency if indeed it's actually required.  That way we can avoid the case of libestr-devel >= 0.1.9 being used at build time but another version being used at runtime if a particular system is wired up to the incorrect channels or yum repositories.

Comment 3 Tomas Heinrich 2014-06-11 15:49:36 UTC

You're probably right, I'll add the dependency in the next update.

(In reply to Brenton Leanhardt from comment #0)
> The rsyslog package has "BuildRequires: libestr-devel >= 0.1.9".  I suspect
> the build environment is automatically adding the libestr dependency however
> it is not setting the version to match the build requirement.

That is correct. This should be, ideally, solved by depending on a specific so-name - rpm would process this dependency transparently and automatically. But upstream doesn't currently version the library interface.

> It's likely not strictly required for RHEL 7 however it's nice for distro
> maintainers to have the dependency if indeed it's actually required.  That
> way we can avoid the case of libestr-devel >= 0.1.9 being used at build time
> but another version being used at runtime if a particular system is wired up
> to the incorrect channels or yum repositories.

Well, if the package is build again version X, it should, in good faith, expect the same version in the runtime. If using incorrect channels, even the package that suffices the version requirement may have different contents.

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 14:29:47 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-2173.html