i wanted to poke around the mkinird source rpm so i downloaded it
and installed it, and then went to "prep" it via its .spec file:
$ rpmbuild -bp mkinitrd.spec
error: Failed build dependencies:
parted-devel >= 1.8.5 is needed by mkinitrd-6.0.15-1.fc8.i386
libdhcp4client-devel is needed by mkinitrd-6.0.15-1.fc8.i386
libdhcp6client-devel is needed by mkinitrd-6.0.15-1.fc8.i386
libdhcp-devel >= 1.9 is needed by mkinitrd-6.0.15-1.fc8.i386
device-mapper-devel is needed by mkinitrd-6.0.15-1.fc8.i386
$
i'm confused -- why would a source rpm have dependencies for doing a
simple prep? for actual building perhaps, but doesn't prepping
involve simply unloading the tarball and applying the patches?
rday
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