Bug #3860 RPM dependancies not met
Submitted: 22 May 2004 20:57 Modified: 26 Aug 2004 12:43
Reporter: Nathanael Noblet Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Packaging Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:4.0.20 OS:Tao-Linux (RHEL3 clone)
Assigned to: Lenz Grimmer CPU Architecture:Any

[22 May 2004 20:57] Nathanael Noblet 
Description:
The src rpm, builds a number of packages. MySQL-MAX has a dependancy on MySQL >= 4.0 which none of the packages say they provide. I assume that the MySQL-server package should provide that? Not sure. Either way the spec file needs a small fix.

How to repeat:
get MySQL-4.0.18.src.rpm, rpmbuild --rebuild <srcrpm>. If you ever do a yum update or something like that, it says that
Resolving dependencies
..Package MySQL-Max needs MySQL >= 4.0, this is not available.

Suggested fix:
edit .spec file and add the provides line to the proper package.
[28 May 2004 7:12] MySQL Verification Team 
I wasn't able for to repeat the behavior reported with the
latest RPM source release: MySQL-4.0.20-0.src.rpm on Suse 9.1.

Patrick: Could you please comment if it was introduced a fix
or modification regarding version 4.0.18. Thanks in advance.
[28 May 2004 18:38] Nathanael Noblet 
I think this may just be a yum / MySQL problem. I recompiled the 4.0.20 src-rpm and got the same 
messages. I figure it must be a yum problem now, because I can install fine. It is only the yum 
update command that fails. If the dependancy wasn't being met, rpm -Uvh would fail as well. I'll go 
bother them, and post again if there is anything needed in the spec file.
[27 Jul 2004 12:27] [ name withheld ] 
I think it's just yum's output that is misleading.
The dependencies that are not met are probably either in php-mysql or perl-DBI, depending on what packaged you re-compiled in the process of upgrading MySQL.
Adding those packages to yum's exlude list fixes the problem.
[4 Aug 2004 4:27] Ian Holsman 
this can be resolved by having 
%package Max
...
Requires: MySQL-server >= 4.0

instead of 
Requires: MySQL >= 4.0

?
FWIW.. perl-DBI doesn't require Mysql. 

# rpm -q --whatrequires MySQL
MySQL-Max-4.0.20-0
[25 Aug 2004 20:35] Patrick Galbraith 
Lenz: what is your suggestion/opinion?
[26 Aug 2004 12:43] Lenz Grimmer 
Thanks for noticing this! Hmm, our MySQL-server package includes:

Provides:  msqlormysql mysql-server mysql MySQL

So I would have assumed that this would fulfil the requirement.

Anyway, I have now changed it to require "MySQL-server" instead. Fix was pushed into the 4.0
BK tree and will be included in future releases (4.0.21/4.1.4)
[26 Aug 2004 12:43] Lenz Grimmer 
Closing this bug now as fixed.