On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 02:29:31PM -0600, Orion Poplawski wrote:
On 08/22/2014 02:23 PM, Dusty Mabe wrote:
>The scenario I am concerned with here is:
>
>if
> * A requires B
> * B requires C
> * C requires A
>
>This basically yields a case where ordering can't be properly done because
>rpm doesn't know which dependency is stronger. If all of the rpms in question
>just deliver files then all is well with the world but if each of them have
>scriptlets the ordering can definitely matter and this would be a problem.
>
>Dusty
>
Scriptlet dependency ordering it specified with for example:
Requires(post): pkg
Are there any circular scriptlet deps?
So that may be the answer. This *new to me* feature solves the case of
scriptlets which is really the only place you see errors *during* the
install.
Thanks Orion