[Yum] yum handling of requires and prereq

seth vidal skvidal at linux.duke.edu
Tue Jun 20 12:56:19 UTC 2006


On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 16:46 +0400, Kir Kolyshkin wrote:
> I have filed a bug into Red Hat bugzilla, see:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=196002
> 
> We have an argument with Jens (Cced) whether it is a bug in yum or a bug 
> in package in question. To summarize, here is the problem:
> 
> Conditions:
> Package A prerequres package B, and package B requires C.
> 
> Question:
> Does that mean that A prerequies C, or, in other words, should C be 
> installed before A?
> 
> Can somebody advise on that? Any feedback is appreciated.

I commented on the bug.

-sv





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