Bug 1319162 - incorrect use of Requires(pre)?
Summary: incorrect use of Requires(pre)?
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: spamass-milter
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Paul Howarth
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-03-18 15:56 UTC by Honza Silhan
Modified: 2016-03-18 16:09 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2016-03-18 16:09:45 UTC
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Description Honza Silhan 2016-03-18 15:56:55 UTC
We've identified your package for having `Requires(pre)` RPM flag without `Requires` [1]. `Requires(pre)` rpm tag could be interpreted wrongly, so to prevent any harm to Fedora users I am notifying you about this fact.

Any package that is specified in `Requires(pre)` could be freely removed. Citing from RPM pages:
```
If there are no other dependencies on the package providing /usr/sbin/useradd, that package is permitted to be removed from the system after installation(!)
``` [2]

If you really rely on dependency just during the installation process and your package don't necessary require the dependency for the proper run of your application then ignore this bug report and close it as NOTABUG. Otherwise add to your spec file additional `Requires` for the dependency, please.


[1] paste.fedoraproject.org/341611/82208431
[2] http://www.rpm.org/wiki/PackagerDocs/MoreOnDependencies

Comment 1 Paul Howarth 2016-03-18 16:09:45 UTC
This package is properly using Requires(pre) to specify the dependencies of its %pre scriptlet, which is responsible for creating the user account that the daemon runs as. The tool for creating this account is not needed at runtime, as the account has already been created at package installation time.

The packaging guidelines illustrate the use of Requires(pre) for this purpose:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:UsersAndGroups

Hence I am closing this as NOTABUG.


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