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RPM: prereq is deprecated

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#417 opened on Nov 24, 2014

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Description

When I define prerequisites in an RPM build using the rpmPrerequisites key, I get warnings that "prereq is deprecated".

See: Scriptlet Dependencies documentation on rpm.org.

Because of a caveat documented in the link above, changing the meaning of rpmPrerequisites is a bad idea, so there should probably be some new key that supports modeling the scopes of RPM dependencies.

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Tech stack
scala
Domain
devopstooling
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
sbtScalaRPM packaging
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
35
Research direction
Investigate the current implementation of `rpmPrerequisites` in the sbt native packager source code (likely in the RPM plugin module). Understand how it generates the `PreReq:` tag and review the linked rpm.org documentation about scriptlet dependencies. Then, design a new configuration key that allows specifying dependency scopes properly without using the deprecated `prereq` attribute. Check the issue comments for any prior discussion or proposed approaches.