Bug 16769 - rpm-3.0.5-9.6x break dependencies
Summary: rpm-3.0.5-9.6x break dependencies
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: rpm
Version: 6.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeff Johnson
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-08-23 01:18 UTC by Damien Miller
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-08-23 01:18:16 UTC
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Description Damien Miller 2000-08-23 01:18:14 UTC 
Binary RPMs built with rpm-3.0.5-9.6x have new dependencies which break
installation on older RPM systems:

error: failed dependencies:
	rpmlib(VersionedDependencies) <= 3.0.3-1 is needed by openssh-2.1.1p5-0.2

This is a real PITA as it forces users to upgrade to the latest rpm
release. IMO this is not good behavior for a minor release of RPM.
Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2000-08-24 15:19:43 UTC 
Please note that the existence of the rpmlib feature dependency is *not* the
problem. The rpmlib
feature dependency
	rpmlib(VersionedDependencies)
is tracking versioned Prereq and Provides that are not supported in rpm-3.0.2
and earlier.
Remove versions from the Prereq: and Provides: in your package and the rpmlib
feature
dependency will not be automagically generated.
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