[ATrpms-users] How to build a dummy rpm

[Axel Thimm]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 02:11:10PM +0530, taraniteja.vishwanatha at wipro.com wrote:
> I have compiled and built an rpm of wireshark in 32 bit RHEL 4 m/c,
> but getting the following error while installing it:
> 
> error: Failed dependencies:
> 
>         libiconv.so.2 is needed by
> WiresharkDecoderPlugin_R3-0.99.5-8.i386
> 
> The solution to this mentioned in a forum is to build a dummy rpm
> just to satisfy the dependencies.

No, that's not a solution. That's papering over a broken build
problem resulting in segfaults later on.

Furthermore there is already wireshark shipped with RHEL4.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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