yum picking kernel-debug instead of kernel for 'BuildRequires: kernel'

[Richard W.M. Jones]

If two packages 'provide' the same dependency, isn't yum supposed to
pick the one with the shortest name?

Anyway, 'BuildRequires: kernel' in Rawhide (on koji) picks
'kernel-debug' instead of 'kernel'.  Is there a way to make it pick
'kernel' instead?

Rich.

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[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 04:13:58PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
>  
>  If two packages 'provide' the same dependency, isn't yum supposed to
>  pick the one with the shortest name?
>  
>  Anyway, 'BuildRequires: kernel' in Rawhide (on koji) picks
>  'kernel-debug' instead of 'kernel'.  Is there a way to make it pick
>  'kernel' instead? 
And a similar story in Fedora 19 (i686) where this requirement
picks up 'kernel-PAEdebug' (instead of 'kernel').

Rich.

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[Dridi Boukelmoune]

On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 04:13:58PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> >
> > If two packages 'provide' the same dependency, isn't yum supposed to
> > pick the one with the shortest name?
> >
> > Anyway, 'BuildRequires: kernel' in Rawhide (on koji) picks
> > 'kernel-debug' instead of 'kernel'.  Is there a way to make it pick
> > 'kernel' instead?
>
>  And a similar story in Fedora 19 (i686) where this requirement
>  picks up 'kernel-PAEdebug' (instead of 'kernel').
>
>  Rich. 
Hi,

I've a similar problem with mock, if I create a spec that
BuildRequires kernel I end up with kernel-debug in the chroot.

Dridi

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