[ATrpms-devel] suspend2 kernel provides

[Alexander Bergolth]

Hi!

On 17.05.2006 03:31, Axel Thimm wrote:
>> Again I only agree partly. ;)
>> I claim that if kernel-suspend2 would provide only "kernel =
>> <version>-<<release>" but not "kernel = <version>", things would work a
>> lot better.
> 
> By covering up the bugs of the openafs rpm? The depedency of openafs
> on "kernel" is buggy, it just doesn't show up directly. Only when
> you'll install kernel-2.6.16-A and openafs for 2.6.16-B will you get
> hit. That's what this broken dependency allows you to do.
 >
 > Even worse, regardless of what kernel-suspend2 will provide
 > kernel=2.6.16 always wins (it's effectively a wildcard provides like
 > kernel=2.6.16-*). So any normal kernel rpm would already satisfy it
 > again. That's just provocing funny bugs that users and ATrpms
 > maintainer would be seeking for ages to find :)

Reconsidering this point, I have to add something:
Omitting the kernel-dependency does, of course, also allow you to 
install openafs-2.6.16-B to a kernel-2.6.16-A. So nothing is won in 
comparison to specifying a "Requires: kernel" dependency which will 
simply be ineffective in many cases. (However, it will remind you of 
eventually left over kernel-modules, if you change to a new 
kernel-_version_.)

So I dont see this as a bug, it's just a dependency that isn't very 
effective. And I don't see any advantage in omitting it. But maybe I 
still didn't get the exact point.

Cheers,
--leo
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