[CentOS] rpm requires logic

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Mon Dec 14 14:16:28 UTC 2015


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


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Matthew Miller
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