Re: git-core-arch: Missing dependency

[Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>]

* H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com) wrote:
> Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> writes:
> >>Just to be anal;
> >>Requires doesn't usually include the %release,...
> >
> >Obviously both you and Chris (who did the part you are quoting
> >for us) know RPM spec a lot better than I do, and I see two
> >experts contradicting with each other.  It could have been just
> >an oversight, or it might have done deliberately --- I cannot
> >judge myself, so I punt here.  I'll remove "-%{release}" when I
> >hear Chris says he agrees with you.
> 
> You can do it either way.  It's a matter of the strictness of the 
> binding.  If you put %{version} there, then it has to come from the same 
> upstream release; for %{version}-%{release} it has to come from the same 
> SRPM, i.e. usually from the same build.
> 
> In this case I think %{version}-%{release} is appropriate.

Yeah, I was being conservative.  In reality, the release is rarely
bumped, so it's probably not critical either way.

thanks,
-chris