On 11/09/2007, Peter Gordon wrote: > On Sun, 2007-09-09 at 10:04 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > %prep, %build, and %install are ordinary shell scripts. So, when asked to > > run through a portion of the build cycle, the only thing that's known are > > the dependencies for the entire build cycle, so rpm enforces that. > > Well, we can already include seperate %preun, %postun, %pre, and %post > dependencies using Requires(preun):, Requires(postun), et al.; can we do > something similar for %prep, %build, and %install? For what benefit? Even if to be used in conjunction with --short-circuit rpmbuilds, %install comes after %build, which comes after %prep. So, all build requirements must be met. And remember, there's also --nodeps for rpmbuild. The scriptlet Requires can be useful for sorting the order in which packages are installed/updated/erased.
