On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> Lew Randerson wrote:
> > How does rpm determine the kernel version. I am having a package
> > # /bin/rpm -ivh knfsd-1.4.7-7.alpha.rpm
> > error: failed dependencies:
> > kernel >= 2.2.5 is needed by knfsd-1.4.7-7
>
> rpm -q kernel
>
> What version(s) shows up? Did you install via RPM, or rebuild from
> source? If from source, then the problem is the same one package
> managers always have with source installs: the package manager doesn't
> know about the new software.
>
Shouldn't this be considered a bug in that particular RPM package? I
mean, after all the dependency that needs to be satisfied is not whether
the rpm for that kernel is installed but rather that the kernel itself is
installed by whichever means. A simple "cat /proc/version" looks more
accurate to me. Just an opinion. Perhaps the maintainer of that
particular package should be notified...
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