Is it possible to dynamize "requires" at RPM build time?
Matthew Miller
mattdm at mattdm.org
Wed Aug 23 13:24:17 UTC 2006
On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 09:32:58PM -0500, Rex Dieter wrote:
> Kai Engert wrote:
> > Is it possible by some SPEC logic, to make a "Requires:" entry dynamic?
> Yes, use something like:
> BuildRequires: foo-devel
> %global foo_ver %(foo_bin --version)
Or perhaps using %( rpm -q --qf '%%{version}' foo ).
(Um, I think that works to escape the % -- didn't test.)
But Kai -- what's the reason for wanting this?
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