Description of problem: systemtap needs kernel-devel and kernel-debuginfo, but these aren't given as dependencies in the systemtap package. It's rare for me to be asking for more dependencies (Fedora packages usually have too many already), but in this case, it would seem to be the right thing to do. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): systemtap-0.7-1.fc9.x86_64 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum install systemtap 2. stap myscript.stp 3. Complaints about libdwfl (sorry, I don't have the exact error message on screen any more) Additional info: Installing the extra listed packages fixes the problem and makes systemtap usable.
One problem with this is the diversity of kernels of any given version: plain kernel, kernel-debug, kernel-PAE, etc., each with its own -devel and -debuginfo pieces. While kernel-FOO-devel does tend these days to give a virtual provide: for a base "kernel-devel", kernel-FOO-debuginfo does not. AFAIK, that means there is no single generic require: we could have.
Could you not have a pre- or post- install hook that checked the currently running kernel and installed the appropriate debuginfo package? It wouldn't be 100% perfect, but it would get it right in the vast majority of cases.
I don't think it would be right for those hooks to try to initiate network downloads. However, we could at least print a message with suggestions.
Tracking idea at http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9994
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