Re: [linux-distros-dev] auto-provides and requires for OSGi packages

[Andrew Overholt]

* Pascal Rapicault  [2007-03-28 21:20]:
> This is for a simple overview, there are other refinements (mostly around
> the use clause) that I won't go into here and that you can find in the OSGi
> spec: http://osgi.org/osgi_technology/download_specs.asp?section=2#Release4

Thanks for the clarification, Pascal.

I guess you could liken import to just relying on a non-package name
Provide of an RPM -- something like what we're trying to for with these
automatic provides.  You could say "Requires:  libgcj.so.7rh" instead of
"Requires:  libgcj" or "Requires:  libgcj = 4.1.1".  But I think this is
different than what you describe and I don't know how yum or other
depsolvers deal with multiple packages Provide'ing the same thing.

Andrew "poor explanation" Overholt

[linux-distros-dev] auto-provides and requires for OSGi packages

[Nicolas Mailhot]

Le Jeu 29 mars 2007 03:40, Andrew Overholt a écrit :
> But I think this is
> different than what you describe and I don't know how yum or other
> depsolvers deal with multiple packages Provide'ing the same thing.

The one already installed wins.
If no installed package provides a dep, and several options are available,
package with shortest name wins

Regards,