07-28-2008
Adding capabilities to an RPM
Hi.
I downloaded a package that could only be installed on RHEL5, and not 4 or 3, so I got the source in order to compile it on RHEL 3 so hopefully it will work on all versions.
So I have the source for a working package, but when I build it in RHEL 3 and then try to install it in RHEL 5, it has a dependency, let's call it libX.so.5. I'm trying to add this capability to the package so I can recompile it and then use it on RHEL 3 4 and 5 without dependencies. However, I have no experience with building RPMs.
I've tried adding /usr/lib/libX.so.5 to the files list in the spec file, but it doesn't seem to have removed the dependency.
Anyone know how I can do this? Basically, I'm trying to add a file/capability to a package so that it's no longer a seperate dependency.
More information: The package also had a subpackage that, to build, required too high a version of python, so i deleted the subpackage's spec file and directory. This is information in case that may have broken something.
Thanks!
Boaz
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