rpm unwanted autodep

[Jeffrey Johnson]

> On Aug 26, 2015, at 5:03 AM, Elan Ruusamäe <glen at pld-linux.org> wrote:
> 
> On 26.08.2015 11:55, Elan Ruusamäe wrote:
>> hi
>> 
>> how to avoid rpm to generate python(abi) dependency on this file 
> i tried to input bunch of junk in front of the file, but file-5.24 is SOOOO persistent, it still considers it as python:
> 

Try
	chmod -x lib/fpm/package/pyfpm/get_metadata.py
to disable automated dependencies

If you really need +x when installed, then add a %attr in %files (rather then adding chmod +x in %post).

> # fool rpm dependency generator
> $ yes '###########################################################' | head -n4000 > junk

IIRC, file’s keyword categorizing as python uses a 64K buffer … 

> $ mv lib/fpm/package/pyfpm/get_metadata.py .
> $ cat junk get_metadata.py > lib/fpm/package/pyfpm/get_metadata.py
> $ file lib/fpm/package/pyfpm/get_metadata.py
> lib/fpm/package/pyfpm/get_metadata.py: Python script, ASCII text executable
> 

You can filter the dependency easily enough as well.

73 de Jeff
> -- 
> glen
> 
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