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Re: can we resolve that "systemtap requires elfutils 0.123+" configure error?
On Sat, 17 Mar 2007, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
> Hi -
>
> On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 01:50:19PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > [...]
> > > I suppose so, if people are not offended by more Red Hat-isms.
> > > Still, it should be part of general linux education that development
> > > RPMs are needed when building against libraries, as opposed to
> > > running against them.
> >
> > but, IIRC, it's not a missing *development* RPM that's the problem --
> > it's one of the libraries. on my FC6 system:
> >
> > $ rpm -qR systemtap
> > [...not elfutils-*-devel...]
> > so, at least on FC, systemtap doesn't sppear to require a
> > development package.
>
> But that's completely normal. A compiled application will require
> only the core shared libraries to *run*. But you were trying to
> compile systemtap itself. (Contrast the Requires: and the
> BuildRequires: lines in the spec file.)
sorry, you're right, i just had a brain fart there.
rday
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