I created a package called testpackage-SVNTRRev94-0044.el6.x86_64.rpm in my build machine and installed in my build machine to test it
The installation went fine and the required files were placed in the appropriate directory as mentioned in the SPEC file.
Now i need to install the same package in the QA machine for the team to validate it, but i couldn't install the package due to the below error,
Then did some google search and identified that my package was built using higher version of rpm and i tried installing it in machine which has lower version of rpm.
The features available in the higher version weren't available in the lowest version,
Now i could see the reason for the dependency failure , features rpmlib(FileDigests) ,rpmlib(PayloadIsXz) aren't available in the lower version of rpm and that's the reason for the failure of the installation of rpm. I decided to build my package without this features so that it can install in my QA machine without upgrading the rpm or installing the dependencies. I know this is not the right approach as these features might provide a useful functionality and i didn't explore what those are. But in my case the package just places files in certain directory structure with right permission bits, so i decided to disable these features and build the package.
Then i installed the package in the QA machine without dependency issue,
Reference : http://bit.ly/VZR5gW
[root@testsys1 x86_64]# rpm -ivh testpackage-SVNTRRev94-0044.el6.x86_64.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:testpackage ########################################### [100%]
The installation went fine and the required files were placed in the appropriate directory as mentioned in the SPEC file.
Now i need to install the same package in the QA machine for the team to validate it, but i couldn't install the package due to the below error,
[root@qasys1 x86_64]# rpm -ivh testpackage-SVNTRRev94-0044.el6.x86_64.rpm error: Failed dependencies: rpmlib(FileDigests) <= 4.6.0-1 is needed by testpackage-SVNTRRev94-0044.el6.x86_64.rpm rpmlib(PayloadIsXz) <= 5.2-1 is needed by testpackage-SVNTRRev94-0044.el6.x86_64.rpm
Then did some google search and identified that my package was built using higher version of rpm and i tried installing it in machine which has lower version of rpm.
[root@testsys1 x86_64]# rpm --version RPM version 4.8.0 [root@qasys1 x86_64]# rpm --version RPM version 4.4.2.3
The features available in the higher version weren't available in the lowest version,
[root@testsys1 x86_64]# rpm --showrc Features supported by rpmlib: rpmlib(BuiltinLuaScripts) = 4.2.2-1 rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) = 3.0.4-1 rpmlib(ConcurrentAccess) = 4.1-1 rpmlib(ExplicitPackageProvide) = 4.0-1 rpmlib(FileCaps) = 4.6.1-1 rpmlib(FileDigests) = 4.6.0-1 rpmlib(HeaderLoadSortsTags) = 4.0.1-1 rpmlib(PartialHardlinkSets) = 4.0.4-1 rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) = 4.0-1 rpmlib(PayloadIsBzip2) = 3.0.5-1 rpmlib(PayloadIsLzma) = 4.4.2-1 rpmlib(PayloadIsXz) = 5.2-1 rpmlib(ScriptletInterpreterArgs) = 4.0.3-1 rpmlib(VersionedDependencies) = 3.0.3-1 [root@qasys1 x86_64]# rpm --showrc Features supported by rpmlib: rpmlib(VersionedDependencies) = 3.0.3-1 PreReq:, Provides:, and Obsoletes: dependencies support versions. rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) = 3.0.4-1 file name(s) stored as (dirName,baseName,dirIndex) tuple, not as path. rpmlib(PayloadIsBzip2) = 3.0.5-1 package payload can be compressed using bzip2. rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) = 4.0-1 package payload file(s) have "./" prefix. rpmlib(ExplicitPackageProvide) = 4.0-1 package name-version-release is not implicitly provided. rpmlib(HeaderLoadSortsTags) = 4.0.1-1 header tags are always sorted after being loaded. rpmlib(ScriptletInterpreterArgs) = 4.0.3-1 the scriptlet interpreter can use arguments from header. rpmlib(PartialHardlinkSets) = 4.0.4-1 a hardlink file set may be installed without being complete. rpmlib(ConcurrentAccess) = 4.1-1 package scriptlets may access the rpm database while installing. rpmlib(BuiltinLuaScripts) = 4.2.2-1 internal support for lua scripts.
Now i could see the reason for the dependency failure , features rpmlib(FileDigests) ,rpmlib(PayloadIsXz) aren't available in the lower version of rpm and that's the reason for the failure of the installation of rpm. I decided to build my package without this features so that it can install in my QA machine without upgrading the rpm or installing the dependencies. I know this is not the right approach as these features might provide a useful functionality and i didn't explore what those are. But in my case the package just places files in certain directory structure with right permission bits, so i decided to disable these features and build the package.
[root@testsys1 x86_64]# rpmbuild -bb --define "_binary_filedigest_algorithm 1" --define "_binary_payload 1" testpackage.spec
Then i installed the package in the QA machine without dependency issue,
[root@qasys1 x86_64]# rpm -ivh testpackage-SVNTRRev94-0044.el6.x86_64.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:testpackage ########################################### [100%]
Reference : http://bit.ly/VZR5gW
