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List:       rpmorg-list
Subject:    Re: Dependency error
From:       Gregory Leblanc <gleblanc () linuxweasel ! com>
Date:       2002-11-19 16:23:46
Message-ID: 1037723026.1031.179.camel () peecee ! linuxweasel ! com
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On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 06:23, Michael Fernandez wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've created two rpms, let say A.rpm and B.rpm
> The package A requires B to be installed. ('Requires:B' in the
> specfile of A package).
> 
> The package B will not be installed if a condition is not satisfied 
> (in the specfile of B package I've put:
>    %pre
>    if [ my_condition ]
>    then
>       exit 1
>    fi
> )
> 
> So I want the package A to be installed only if the package B is
> installed.
> Nevertheless, when I install the two packages (rpm -Uvh A.rpm B.rpm), 
> I've got an error for the package B (this is what I want), but the
> package A is even installed. Finally I've a package installed but it's
> dependencies are not installed.
> 
> In fact I want the package A be installed only if B succeed. How can I
> do ?

Try changing your "Requires: A" to "PreReq: A"
	Greg

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Gregory Leblanc <gleblanc@linuxweasel.com>




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