-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Markus Falb wrote: > Hugo van der Kooij wrote: > >> It seems that a package is now added to perl in Centos 5.3 that was not >> there before. >> >> So a dependency on perl-MIME-Base64 will fail because that package now >> seems to colide with perl itself. (SIGHHHH) >> >> How can I change my spec file to list the requirement only for >> Centos/RHEL 5.x where x < 3? > > hmm. strange enough: > # cat /etc/redhat-release > CentOS release 5.2 (Final) > # rpm -q --whatprovides 'perl(MIME::Base64)' > perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1 > > maybe the conditional requirement is not necessary. try a: > Require: perl(MIME::Base64) That is not valid. error: line 30: Unknown tag: Require: perl(MIME::Base64) Because RH makes a habit of including new packages into perl itself and using relative old ones there is a definite need to build a package with an up-to-date version of this. Hugo. - -- hvdkooij at vanderkooij.org http://hugo.vanderkooij.org/ PGP/GPG? Use: http://hugo.vanderkooij.org/0x58F19981.asc A: Yes. >Q: Are you sure? >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? Bored? Click on http://spamornot.org/ and rate those images. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknYyk4ACgkQBvzDRVjxmYG5IQCdE6UHaqW9FMlOyEFP8WVjfHq+ s34An3WkL7gXsMb5IzQDb++YAimHjKqq =THgk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----