[Rpm-maint] OR'ed dependency check

[Panu Matilainen]

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Alex Lobanovsky wrote:

> Hi ALL,
>
>
> I'm desperate to find help anywhere else, so, I ask you here.
> I need to OR dependency check in my rpm. In the header "Requires" entry. I
> need to have something like this:
>
> Requires: foo && boo || moo && boo
>
> Is there any way to accomplish that?

No. Rpm doesn't support OR dependencies. However similar effect can be 
achieved by using virtual provides. For the above example, you'd have 
something like "Provides: foo-moo" in both "foo" and "moo" packages, and 
then your "or dependency" would be "Requires: foo-moo", which would be 
satisfied by either "foo" or "moo" through the virtaul provide in them.

> Are there good RPM manuals on the net more fresh that from 2002?

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/drafts/rpm-guide-en/ is probably the most 
up-to-date and complete manual there is atm.

 	- Panu -