Linux RPM builds

[Olly Betts]

In message <Marcel-1.50-1018143636-c72h+Ty@chewy.aleph1.co.uk>, Wookey writes:
>So I'd appreciate being able to install it in text-only mode. Conversely the
>machine does have X so it's not really an issue

You'd save a small amount of disk space by not installing the xcaverot
binary - about 150K (or 42k stripped - I'm thinking of shipping the RPMs
with stripped binaries as it more than halves the size of the download, and
I always seem to reproduce bugs on my own machine rather than being sent a
backtrace).

>Do RPMs allow a 'recommends' or 'suggests' type dependency, or just simple
>'requires'?

Nope.  It wouldn't be a great help here anyway, as you'd still get a
non-working xcaverot and/or aven installed.  At least with --nodeps you know
that you're bodging it.

Cheers,
Olly