This seems like a simple question, but the docs don't seem to have anything to say on the subject. I would like to do something like Requires: vim or emacs
but when I do that, I in fact depend on vim
, or
and emacs
. What is the syntax for depending on one or another of two packages?
The standard way to do this is via virtual provides: the providing RPMs each state that they provide a virtual package, and the dependent RPM requires that virtual package. So, in your example, vim
and emacs
both Provides: text-editor
, and your package would Requires: text-editor
.
If the packages that you're depending on don't provide an appropriate virtual package, you could probably hack around this by making up your own. Make dummy my-package-vim-mode
and my-package-emacs-mode
RPMs that Requires: vim
and Requires: emacs
, respectively, and Provides: my-package-text-editor
, then have your package Requires: my-package-text-editor
.