Description of Problem: when I want to upgrade to the last release of PHP, php need dependancies for postgresql. I don't want to use this package because I use mysql. How Reproducible: rpm -Uvh php-4.1.2-7.0.3.i386.rpm php-mysql-4.1.2-7.0.3.i386.rpm error: failed dependencies: mysql-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.0.3 postgresql is needed by php-4.1.2-7.0.3 Expected Results: I don't think it's quiet good to need postgresql for php bu it's for php-postgresql. I also does not understand wy php needs mysql-devel.
There are a *very* long list of "require"'s that seem to have suddenly shown up with the latest errata. The 7.0 server I maintain (up to date with errata as of 08/19/2002) returned the following missing dependencies: [root@rock i386]# rpm -Fvh --test php-* error: failed dependencies: freetype-devel >= 1.3.1-7 is needed by php-4.1.2-7.0.3 gmp-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.0.3 imap-devel >= 2000-9 is needed by php-4.1.2-7.0.3 mysql is needed by php-4.1.2-7.0.3 mysql-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.0.3 pspell-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.0.3 ucd-snmp is needed by php-4.1.2-7.0.3 ucd-snmp-utils is needed by php-4.1.2-7.0.3 ucd-snmp-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.0.3 unixODBC is needed by php-4.1.2-7.0.3 unixODBC-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.0.3 A previous attempt to update PHP on another system (7.1/7.3 hybrid; mostly up to date as of 08/19/2002) brought up a similar list: [root@bacon i386]# rpm -Fvh --test php-* error: failed dependencies: bzip2-devel >= 1.0 is needed by php-4.1.2-7.1.3 db3-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.1.3 freetype-devel >= 2.0.0 is needed by php-4.1.2-7.1.3 gd-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.1.3 gdbm-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.1.3 gmp-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.1.3 imap-devel >= 2000-9 is needed by php-4.1.2-7.1.3 krb5-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.1.3 libjpeg-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.1.3 libpng-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.1.3 ncurses-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.1.3 postgresql is needed by php-4.1.2-7.1.3 postgresql-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.1.3 pspell-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.1.3 ucd-snmp is needed by php-4.1.2-7.1.3 ucd-snmp-utils is needed by php-4.1.2-7.1.3 ucd-snmp-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.1.3 unixODBC is needed by php-4.1.2-7.1.3 unixODBC-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.1.3 libltdl.so.0 is needed by php-4.1.2-7.1.3 libpspell.so.2 is needed by php-4.1.2-7.1.3 RedHat 7.3 (up to date as of 08/19/2002) is similarly affected: [root@filtermail i386]# rpm -Fvh --test php* error: failed dependencies: bzip2-devel >= 1.0 is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 curl-devel >= 7.9.5 is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 db3-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 expat-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 freetype-devel >= 2.0.0 is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 gd-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 gdbm-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 gmp-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 imap-devel >= 2000-9 is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 krb5-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 libjpeg-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 libpng-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 libxml2-devel >= 2.4 is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 mm-develis needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 mysql-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 openssl-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 pam-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 postgresql-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 pspell-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 ucd-snmp is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 ucd-snmp-utils is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 ucd-snmp-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 unixODBC-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 zlib-devel is needed by php-4.1.2-7.3.3 Note that most of these dependencies appear to be "-devel" packages; normally only required for actually *building* PHP. None of the listed dependencies are wanted on *any* of these three particular systems.
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