[kernel] more rpmlint: E: useless-provides kernel

Roland McGrath roland at redhat.com
Tue Oct 26 18:37:34 UTC 2010


>     more rpmlint: E: useless-provides kernel
>     
>     (This is coming from line 445: Provides: kernel =
>     %{rpmversion}-%{pkg_release}\.
>     I don't see any reason for this line, as rpm is autoproviding kernel =
>     %{version}-%{release} (and %{version} is being set to %{rpmversion} and
>     %{release} is being set to %{pkg_release}.)

Really?  rpm is autoproviding kernel = ... in a kernel-smp subpackage?
That's what it's there for.


Thanks,
Roland


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