Exists the possibility to define an RPM requires statement with a logic? Like: Requires: mysql-server OR mysql55-mysql-server MTAs like postfix have "Provides: MTA" to provide such facility. I do not see such possibility for DB packages ... Thanks -- LF
On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 12:00:09PM +0100, Leon Fauster wrote:> Exists the possibility to define an RPM requires > statement with a logic? Like: > Requires: mysql-server OR mysql55-mysql-server > MTAs like postfix have "Provides: MTA" to provide > such facility. I do not see such possibility for > DB packages ...Not in the RPM in CentOS, and probably not for a long time. The upstream RPM now has this feature, but we're not even using it in Fedora yet. See https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2014-February/195743.html -- Matthew Miller <mattdm at fedoraproject.org> Fedora Project Leader
Am 14.12.2015 um 15:16 schrieb Matthew Miller <mattdm at mattdm.org>:> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 12:00:09PM +0100, Leon Fauster wrote: >> Exists the possibility to define an RPM requires >> statement with a logic? Like: >> Requires: mysql-server OR mysql55-mysql-server >> MTAs like postfix have "Provides: MTA" to provide >> such facility. I do not see such possibility for >> DB packages ... > > Not in the RPM in CentOS, and probably not for a long time. The > upstream RPM now has this feature, but we're not even using it in > Fedora yet. See > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2014-February/195743.htmlNice to read this. Thanks for the pointer! -- LF