Issue
I'm generating an rpm file for centos but when I try to install it on a clean machine it fails with:
--> Running transaction check
---> Package grass.x86_64 0:6.4.4-1.el6 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libgrass_rli.so()(64bit) for package: grass-6.4.4-1.el6.x86_64
--> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Package: grass-6.4.4-1.el6.x86_64 (/grass-6.4.4-1.el6.x86_64)
Requires: libgrass_rli.so()(64bit)
which would be fine except that the rpm contains libgrass_rli.so.
[vagrant@localhost ~]$ rpm -qilp /vagrant_rpms/grass-6.4.4-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | grep _rli
/usr/local/lib/libgrass_rli.6.4.4.so
/usr/local/lib/libgrass_rli.so
I've experimented with various provides: lines in the spec file to no avail, can any one see what's wrong?
EDIT
[vagrant@localhost ~]$ rpm -qp --provides /vagrant_rpms/grass-6.4.4-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
libgrass_I.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_Iortho.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_arraystats.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_bitmap.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_btree.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_cdhc.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_cluster.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_datetime.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_dbmibase.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_dbmiclient.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_dbmidriver.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_dbstubs.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_dgl.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_dig2.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_display.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_driver.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_dspf.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_edit.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_form.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_g3d.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_gis.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_gmath.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_gpde.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_gproj.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_interpdata.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_interpfl.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_lidar.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_linkm.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_lrs.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_neta.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_nviz.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_ogsf.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_pngdriver.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_psdriver.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_qtree.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_raster.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_rli.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_rli.so
libgrass_rowio.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_rtree.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_segment.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_shape.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_sim.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_sites.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_sqlp.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_stats.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_symb.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_trans.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_vask.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_vect.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
libgrass_vedit.6.4.4.so()(64bit)
grass = 6.4.4-1.el6
grass(x86-64) = 6.4.4-1.el6
Also the extracted file looks ok:
[vagrant@localhost ~]$ file /tmp/libgrass_rli.6.4.4.so
/tmp/libgrass_rli.6.4.4.so: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, not stripped
Solution
rpmbuild normally scans all the files packaged into the RPM to automatically identify shared libraries the RPM provides, and an RPM's requirements can be self-satisfied. There are therefore two main possibilities:
- perhaps the RPM contains an i386 (i.e. 32-bit) version of the library, whereas a 64-bit version is what's actually required, or in some other way the packaged file is not of the correct type;
- alternatively,
rpmbuild's automatic provides scanning may have been disabled or mucked up (this would be a function of the spec file).
A wrong library architecture is unlikely unless you are packaging a pre-built library, or unless you are building both 32-bit and 64-bit libraries for the same RPM (and failing to install the latter, or installing both to the same location so that one clobbers the other).
Since you're developing the RPM yourself, I suppose you know whether you are mucking with the auto-provides.
Answered By - John Bollinger