<p><br>
On Jan 30, 2012 5:37 PM, "James Antill" <<a href="mailto:james@fedoraproject.org">james@fedoraproject.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> > > For a trivial example -- if package A depends on /bin/foo, will yum &<br>
> > > rpm be satisfied with /usr/bin/foo?<br>
> ><br>
> > Assuming /bin -> /usr/bin link is packaged, yes.<br>
><br>
> No, not in any meaningful way, although I assume all of the problems<br>
> have been worked out in the testing done already.<br>
><br>
> Yum just uses text matching.</p>
<p>So some work needs to be done at the yum layer to make upgrades and install of foreign rpms reasonably smooth, I gather?</p>
<p>> But you can add:<br>
><br>
> Provides: /bin/foo</p>
<p>Ugh! Will that be needed that across the distro for a release or two?</p>
<p>cheers,<br><br></p>
<p>martin</p>