Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 199840
Missing Prereq: coreutils
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:38 EST
Description of problem: Installation of Red Hat RawHide using custom bootstrapping script fails on it. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): audit-1.2.5-4.x86_64.rpm How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. rpm --root=/root/redhat/rawhide/root -i MAKEDEV-3.23-1.2.x86_64.rpm SysVinit-2.86-6.x86_64.rpm audit-1.2.5-4.x86_64.rpm audit-libs-1.2.5-4.x86_64.rpm basesystem-8.0-5.1.1.noarch.rpm bash-3.1-16.1.x86_64.rpm beecrypt-4.1.2-10.1.1.x86_64.rpm bzip2-libs-1.0.3-3.x86_64.rpm chkconfig-1.3.29-1.1.x86_64.rpm coreutils-5.97-6.x86_64.rpm cpio-2.6-19.x86_64.rpm cracklib-2.8.9-3.1.x86_64.rpm cracklib-dicts-2.8.9-3.1.x86_64.rpm db4-4.3.29-6.x86_64.rpm device-mapper-1.02.07-1.1.x86_64.rpm dmraid-1.0.0.rc11-FC6.1.1.x86_64.rpm e2fsprogs-1.39-3.x86_64.rpm e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-3.x86_64.rpm elfutils-libelf-0.122-3.fc6.x86_64.rpm ethtool-3-1.2.2.x86_64.rpm expat-1.95.8-8.2.1.x86_64.rpm fedora-release-5.90-3.noarch.rpm filesystem-2.3.7-2.1.x86_64.rpm findutils-4.2.27-4.1.x86_64.rpm gawk-3.1.5-11.x86_64.rpm gdbm-1.8.0-26.2.1.x86_64.rpm glib2-2.12.0-1.1.x86_64.rpm glibc-2.4.90-13.x86_64.rpm glibc-common-2.4.90-13.x86_64.rpm grep-2.5.1-54.1.x86_64.rpm gzip-1.3.5-7.x86_64.rpm hwdata-0.183-1.noarch.rpm info-4.8-11.1.x86_64.rpm initscripts-8.36-1.x86_64.rpm iproute-2.6.16-3.1.x86_64.rpm iputils-20020927-39.x86_64.rpm kernel-2.6.17-1.2432.fc6.x86_64.rpm krb5-libs-1.5-1.2.x86_64.rpm less-394-4.1.x86_64.rpm libacl-2.2.39-1.1.x86_64.rpm libattr-2.4.32-1.1.x86_64.rpm libcap-1.10-25.x86_64.rpm libgcc-4.1.1-9.x86_64.rpm libselinux-1.30.19-3.x86_64.rpm libsepol-1.12.19-1.1.x86_64.rpm libstdc++-4.1.1-9.x86_64.rpm libtermcap-2.0.8-46.1.x86_64.rpm libusb-0.1.12-5.1.x86_64.rpm lvm2-2.02.06-1.2.1.x86_64.rpm mcstrans-0.1.7-1.1.x86_64.rpm mingetty-1.07-5.2.2.x86_64.rpm mkinitrd-5.1.1-1.x86_64.rpm mktemp-1.5-23.2.2.x86_64.rpm module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre1.4.1.x86_64.rpm ncurses-5.5-22.20060715.x86_64.rpm neon-0.25.5-5.1.x86_64.rpm net-tools-1.60-72.1.x86_64.rpm openssl-0.9.8b-4.x86_64.rpm pam-0.99.5.0-5.fc6.x86_64.rpm pcre-6.6-1.1.x86_64.rpm popt-1.10.2-31.x86_64.rpm procps-3.2.7-3.x86_64.rpm psmisc-22.2-5.x86_64.rpm python-2.4.3-14.fc6.x86_64.rpm readline-5.1-1.1.x86_64.rpm rpm-4.4.2-31.x86_64.rpm rpm-libs-4.4.2-31.x86_64.rpm sed-4.1.5-3.fc6.x86_64.rpm setup-2.5.52-1.noarch.rpm shadow-utils-4.0.17-1.x86_64.rpm sqlite-3.3.6-1.1.x86_64.rpm sysklogd-1.4.1-39.1.x86_64.rpm tar-1.15.90-4.x86_64.rpm termcap-5.5-1.20060701.1.noarch.rpm tzdata-2006g-1.1.noarch.rpm udev-095-3.x86_64.rpm usbutils-0.71-2.1.x86_64.rpm util-linux-2.13-0.33.x86_64.rpm wget-1.10.2-5.1.x86_64.rpm zlib-1.2.3-3.x86_64.rpm Actual results: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.89125: line 12: cat: command not found /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.89125: line 13: rm: command not found error: %post(audit-1.2.5-4.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 127 Expected results: Installed "audit" package. Additional info: rpm -q --scripts -p audit-1.2.5-4.x86_64.rpm shows using cat(1) and rpm(1) but no appropriate "Prereq" is present there.
You are running the rpm command which has a requirement for fileutils. Resolving that shows that coreutils provides it. Therefore rpm itself needs it and no package should EVER specify a need for coreutils.
I did not expect this point of view while I understand it may be acceptable. Not going to flame anymore. I just do not feel that installing 3rd party .rpm package must mean there is "rpm" package already installed. Such assumption is mostly always violated if using --root and thus --root would not make sense anymore. [joke] BTW please update the following packages with all these useless Preqreqs: httpd.spec:Prereq: sh-utils, textutils, /usr/sbin/useradd kernel-2.6.spec:Prereq: fileutils mysql.spec:Prereq: ... fileutils ... squid.spec:Prereq: ... shadow-utils [many others]