Re: Failed dependencies on /usr

On Jan 8, 2008 8:26 AM, ELASRI Patrice SOFRECOM <[email protected]>
wrote:

>  Hi,
>
> I have built a package located by default under /usr/local.
> When I try to install it, I'm returned the following error :
>
> $ *rpm -U sof-u-2.1.2-1.noarch.rpm*
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         /usr is needed by sof-u-2.1.2-1.noarch
>
> If I relocate the package, I'm returned the following error, with
> dependencies on original paths :
>
> $ *rpm -U --define "_autorelocate_path %{nil}" --prefix
> /usr/local/sofrecom sof-u-2.1.2-1.noarch.rpm
> *error: Failed dependencies:
>         /usr is needed by sof-u-2.1.2-1.noarch
>         /usr/local is needed by sof-u-2.1.2-1.noarch
>         /usr/local/etc is needed by sof-u-2.1.2-1.noarch
>         ...
>

In rpm-4.4.7 and later, every file depends on its parent directory.

All of the dependency failures you are seeing are parent directories
that aren't packaged.

There is a --noparentdirs that disables the dependencies on parent
directories.

Another easy persistent fix for your specific problem(s) is
    mkdir -p /etc/rpm/sysinfo
    echo "/usr" >> /etc/rpm/sysinfoDirnames
    echo "/usr/local" >> /etc/rpm/sysinfo/Dirnames
    echo "/usr/local/etc" >> /etc/rpm/sysinfo/Dirnames
    ...

There is also ( in 4.4.7+?, I fergit) a --orphandirs popt alias that will
display all directories that are not packaged:
    rpm -Va --nofiles --orphandirs
that should generate a sort'd uniq'd list of directories that are not
packaged.

> The *_autorelocate_path** *macro setting is necessary. Otherwise, the
> package is installed under /emul/noarch-hpux11.23 !!!
>
> I'm using rpm 4.4.7 which I have built on HPUX 11.23 / ia64. The RPM
> database was initialised with a pseudo package providing usual interpreters
> ( /bin/sh, /bin/ksh, /bin/perl, … ).
>

Ah ia64 multilib.

Expect some problems is all that I can say. The implementation of multilib
on ia64
in rpm was done in like 8 hours on a borrowed ia64 developer's box and has
never been
properly QA'd to my knowledge.

SELinux, in particular, is likely to be extremely weird on a multilib/ia64
box
because of the /emul/noarch-hpux11.23 prefix breaking the lookup of
file contexts from SELinux configuration.

I'll be happy to help you sort out any/all multilib/ia64.

Likely <[email protected]> is a better place to report issues, as only the
few & the brave are attempting HP-UX multilib/ia64 relocated installs with
rpm-4.4.7+.

73 de Jeff

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