https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2008-December/msg00426.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2008-December/msg00429.html $ rpm -qR glibc-devel|grep ^glib glibc = 2.9-2 glibc-headers = 2.9-2 So, glibc-devel requires glibc-headers. $ rpm -q --provides glibc-headers glibc-headers(i386) glibc-headers = 2.9-2 glibc-headers(x86-32) = 2.9-2 $ rpm -q --whatprovides glibc-headers glibc-headers-2.9-2.i386 $ sudo rpm -e glibc-headers Uh? That should not have been possible, because now: $ rpm -V glibc-devel Unsatisfied dependencies for glibc-devel-2.9-2.i386: glibc-headers = 2.9-2 is needed by glibc-devel-2.9-2.i386 As Seth's message adds, it's "Requires(pre)" for this dependency on glibc-headers. That's true according to the glibc.spec file. Is the Requires(pre) supposed to be so weak that it can be broken with a simple rpm -e?
Requires(pre) means that it's needed for running the script in %pre. If it needs to stick around for the lifetime of the requiring package then it should be a Requires as well.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 223642 ***