gpg dependency issues (krb5 & klogd)

[Shawn Protsman]

--- David Shaw <dshaw at jabberwocky.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 09:59:23AM -0700, Shawn
> Protsman wrote:
> > I am running SuSE Linux Enterprise 9 on an iSeries
> > (Power5 chipset) server:
> > 
> > > uname -a
> > 
> > Linux l336649e_pub 2.6.5-7.139-pseries64 #1 SMP
> Fri
> > Jan 14 15:41:33 UTC
> > 2005 ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux
> > 
> > The installed version of gpg is 1.2.4.  I would
> like
> > to update the system to 1.4.x.
> > 
> > gpg 1.4 was not available via yast so I downloaded
> > gpg-1.4.0-4.src.rpm from the SuSE 9.3 tree.  Upon
> > rebuilding the RPM I get the following:
> > 
> > > rpmbuild --rebuild gpg-1.4.0-4.src.rpm
> > Installing gpg-1.4.0-4.src.rpm
> > error: Failed build dependencies:
> >         klogd is needed by gpg-1.4.0-4
> >         krb5 is needed by gpg-1.4.0-4
> 
> This is a SuSE specific issue.  GnuPG does not
> require Kerberos or the
> kernel logger daemon (which is a Linux specific
> thing anyway).  I
> don't know why they have those marked as
> requirements in the RPM.
> 
> David

Hi David,

I have considered removing those references from the
"BuildRequires" section of the gpg.spec file but I'm
somewhat hesitant.  

Thanks,
Shawn


		
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