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Date:	19 Nov 2001 10:56:07 -0500
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From:	Jonathan Kamens <jik AT curl DOT com>
To:	robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au
CC:	cygwin-apps AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
In-reply-to:	<019d01c16f29$69ae56e0$0200a8c0@lifelesswks>
	(robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au)
Subject:	Re: setup.exe idea/wishlist
References:	<019d01c16f29$69ae56e0$0200a8c0 AT lifelesswks>

I don't think RPM supports the concept of dependencies on source
packages, but it does support the concept of dependencies on other
packages that are required to build a specific package.  They're
listed with the tag "BuildPrereq" or "BuildRequires" in the RPM spec
file.

  jik

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