Re: Strangeness with ffmpeg(-devel) package

Giandomenico De Tullio wrote :

> missing a " Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release} " in the  -devel  
> section of ffmpeg.spec file ?
> 
> # rpm -q ffmpeg
> ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.2.20050427.2.fc4
> 
> # yum install ffmpeg-devel
> Setting up Install Process
> .....
> 
> 
> 
> Dependencies Resolved
> 
> =============================================================================
>   Package                 Arch       Version          Repository         
> Size
> =============================================================================
> Installing:
>   ffmpeg-devel            i386       0.4.9-0.3.20051207.2.fc4   
> freshrpms    1.4 M
> Installing for dependencies:
>   libdca                  i386       0.0.2-2.2.fc4    freshrpms          
> 297 k
> 
> 
> 
> # rpm -q ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel
> ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.2.20050427.2.fc4
> ffmpeg-devel-0.4.9-0.3.20051207.2.fc4
> 
> strange %{release} numbers isn't it ? ;)

I usually don't put the %{release} in the devel package's requirement, to
not inflict a re-download of the entire main package for people on slow
connections who are just a few releases (and not versions) behind. Just do
a "yum update" and you should get the proper version.

Cheers,
Matthias

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