On Sat, 2011-08-13 at 09:19 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote:
On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:08:50 -0400, SS (Simo) wrote:
If rpmbuild does not add an implicit requires with libraryX >= <version we built against> then it is certainly broken.
One could also argue that an activity like "yum install ..." ought to search for and apply the latest available updates of needed packages. Such behaviour has been rejected some years ago, if memory serves correctly.
It was rejected with good reason, I think. I do not think we should be adding functionality into yum which:
1. violates the principle of least surprise for the admin 2. covers up for not-specific-enough requirements in the packaging.
It just feels like it would be fixing a "problem" at the wrong layer.
-sv