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[tim@dell ~]# rpm -Uvh /net/asus/kits/Rh62/nfs-utils-0.1.9.1-1.i386.rpm error: failed dependencies: kernel >= 2.2.14 is needed by nfs-utils-0.1.9.1-1 [tim@dell ~]# cat /proc/version Linux version 2.2.17pre12 (root@asus) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #1 Mon Jul 17 01:37:25 PDT 2000 [tim@dell ~]# rpm -qpi /net/asus/kits/Rh62/nfs-utils-0.1.9.1-1.i386.rpm Name : nfs-utils Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 0.1.9.1 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. Release : 1 Build Date: Sun 16 Jul 2000 10:07:00 PM PDT Install date: (not installed) Build Host: porky.devel.redhat.com Group : System Environment/Daemons Source RPM: nfs-utils-0.1.9.1-1.src.rpm Size : 519025 License: GPL Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla> Summary : NFS utlilities and supporting daemons for the kernel NFS server. Description : The nfs-utils package provides a daemon for the kernel NFS server and related tools, which provides a much higher level of performance than the traditional Linux NFS server used by most users. This package also contains the showmount program. Showmount queries the mount daemon on a remote host for information about the NFS (Network File System) server on the remote host. For example, showmount can display the clients which are mounted on that host.
What is the output of "rpm -q kernel"?
# rpm -q kernel kernel-2.2.12-20 Apparently requirements check looked at rpm database which found the initial RH6.1 installation. The kernel has been upgraded manually many times since. # rpm -qp --requires /net/asus/kits/Rh62/nfs-util*.rpm kernel >= 2.2.14 portmap >= 4.0 /bin/sh ld-linux.so.2 libc.so.6 /bin/sh libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) '--nodeps' allowed a successful installation as all other requirements were satisfied. 14201 can be closed IMO. Suggest that kernel version dependencies are a special case that might warrant checking outside of RPM database.
Agreed. RPM dependency checking can only be expected to work perfectly if you install everything using RPM, which makes sure that RPM's database matches what you actually have installed.