rpmlint (EPEL) for EL5

[Nelson Manuel Marques]

Hi all,

EPEL provides rpmlint for EL5 (version 0.94 if I'm not mistaken). I've tried to
install it on a test machine (RHEL 5.5) and it doesn't install because it fails to
resolve dependencies, xz. I don't believe xz is provided by RHEL repositories, and it
seems it's not also provided by EPEL.

Package fails to install. What are the normal procedures to get this fixed? I would assume
that using a conditional to check the version and include the xz dependency only for RHEL6
or superior would do the trick, as an example:

%if 0%{?rhel_version} >= 6
Requires:  xz
%endif

Bug reports for EPEL are submitted on bugzilla.redhat.com?

Best regards,
Nelson Marques

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Nelson Manuel O. Marques
Portugal Telecom Inovação S.A.
CTS - Aveiro

[Iain Arnell]

On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Nelson Manuel Marques
<nelson-m-marques(a)ext.ptinovacao.pt&gt; wrote:
>  Hi all,
>
>  EPEL provides rpmlint for EL5 (version 0.94 if I'm not mistaken). I've tried to
> install it on a test machine (RHEL 5.5) and it doesn't install because it fails to
> resolve dependencies, xz. I don't believe xz is provided by RHEL repositories, and it
> seems it's not also provided by EPEL. 
According to the technical notes[1], xz was added as a new package in RHEL 5.5.

http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.5_Tec...

-- 
Iain.

[Nelson Manuel Marques]

Ian and Manuel,

Thanks. I will update the machine and go from there. 

NM


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Iain Arnell [iarnell(a)gmail.com]
Enviado: quinta-feira, 17 de Novembro de 2011 12:46
Para: EPEL development disccusion
Assunto: Re: rpmlint (EPEL) for EL5

On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Nelson Manuel Marques
<nelson-m-marques(a)ext.ptinovacao.pt&gt; wrote:
>  Hi all,
>
>  EPEL provides rpmlint for EL5 (version 0.94 if I'm not mistaken). I've tried to
> install it on a test machine (RHEL 5.5) and it doesn't install because it fails to
> resolve dependencies, xz. I don't believe xz is provided by RHEL repositories, and it
> seems it's not also provided by EPEL. 
According to the technical notes[1], xz was added as a new package in RHEL 5.5.

http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.5_Tec...

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[Manuel Wolfshant]

On 11/17/2011 02:24 PM, Nelson Manuel Marques wrote:
>  Hi all,
>
>  EPEL provides rpmlint for EL5 (version 0.94 if I'm not mistaken). I've tried to
> install it on a test machine (RHEL 5.5) and it doesn't install because it fails to
> resolve dependencies, xz. I don't believe xz is provided by RHEL repositories, and it
> seems it's not also provided by EPEL.
>
>  Package fails to install. What are the normal procedures to get this fixed? I would
> assume that using a conditional to check the version and include the xz dependency only
> for RHEL6 or superior would do the trick, as an example:
>
>  %if 0%{?rhel_version}>= 6
>  Requires:  xz
>  %endif
>
>  Bug reports for EPEL are submitted on bugzilla.redhat.com?
>  
xz is in the base repository of RHEL ( and EPEL builds against the 
latest release )
OTOH your machine needs to be updated to a more recent RHEL version:

#yum list \*xz\*
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Determining fastest mirrors
Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 - Base
Finished
Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 - Updates
Finished
Available Packages
xz.x86_64                       
4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5            base
xz-devel.i386                   
4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5            base
xz-devel.x86_64                 
4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5            base
xz-libs.i386                    
4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5            base
xz-libs.x86_64                  
4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5            base
xz-lzma-compat.x86_64           
4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5            base


    Manuel