# Re: Strange dependency problem installing GIT 0.99.7 1 messages from 2005-09-19 to 2005-09-19. Participants: Horst von Brand. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/1880 ## Horst von Brand, 2005-09-19 22:06 Subject: Re: Strange dependency problem installing GIT 0.99.7 Message-ID: <200509192206.j8JM65xb030055@inti.inf.utfsm.cl> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200509192206.j8JM65xb030055%40inti.inf.utfsm.cl In-Reply-To: ``` Peter Williams wrote: > Sean wrote: [...] > > You need to install ShellQuote with rpm rather than installing it > > > directly from CPAN. You can pick up a rpm version of ShellQuote from > > several places, here's one: http://tinyurl.com/7p7ey > IMHO rpm shouldn't care how ShellQuote got there unless it (how it got > there) is stated as an explicit dependency in the spec file (which it > isn't). So I still think this is a bug in rpm's (automatic) > dependency mechanism that needs fixing. If it needs ShellQuote, it is required. RPM does know only about things in its database (i.e., rpm-installed). -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 ```