How to define package 'provides'

[Stuart Gathman]

On 03/20/2017 10:04 AM, Tech Support wrote:
>
> All;
>
>     What I’m trying to do is build two rpms. The first one is a local
> library of Perl modules, and the second one is a fax application that
> relies on the Perl modules. The problem that I am having is that I am
> getting an error when I try to install the second application rpm like so:
>
>  
>
> error: Failed dependencies:
>
>         /opt/VBSPerl/bin/perl is needed by fax-2.3-82.x86_64
>
>         perl(Asterisk::AMI) is needed by fax-2.3-82.x86_64  
>
>  
>
> The first rpm contains the path to the Perl interpreter and the
> Asterisk::AMI Perl module so that’s not the problem.  I can get around
> the error by using the –nodeps option when trying to install the
> module, but that really doesn’t solve the problem. To me, I see two
> solutions, the first one where I define the Perl module rpm as
> providing the dependencies, and the second one where the application
> rpm is built but doesn’t check for dependencies. To me, the first
> option is the better answer. I tried the first option in the Perl
> library spec file but, but that didn't fix it.
>
>  
>
> Provides: /opt/VBSPerl/bin/perl, perl(Asterisk::AMI), perl(Carp),
> perl(DBI), perl(FindBin), perl(lib), perl(strict)
>
>  
>
> I also tried the following in the application spec file without success.
>
> AutoReqProv: no
>
> Autoreq: no
>
> %define __find_requires %{nil}  
>
>  
>
>  
>
> I’m really stumped here, and I know that the answer is probably going
> to be something obvious. If anyone has any insight at all, I would
> greatly appreciate it.
>
The first step is to see what your rpms are actually requiring and
providing:

rpm -qp --provides fax-2.3-82.x86_64.rpm
rpm -qp --requires fax-2.3-82.x86_64.rpm

repeat for your perl module rpm.

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