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%package -n test Requires: libtest = %version-%release Requires: libtest-common = %version-%release %package -n libtest Requires: libtest-common = %version-%release %package -n libtest-common Requires: libtest = %version-%release Here libtest and libtest-common make a cycle, and the "test" package requires a cycle. Naiive optimization against a cycle can simply wipe out all dependencies: the dependency on libtest-common will be optimized out, because libtest-common is already required by libtest; likewise, the dependency on libtest will be optimized out, because libtest is already required required by libtest-common.
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RPM was originally written by:
Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
Marc Ewing <marc@redhat.com>
See the CREDITS file for a list of folks who have helped us out
tremendously. RPM is Copyright (c) 1998 by Red Hat Software, Inc.,
and may be distributed under the terms of the GPL and LGPL (see the
file COPYING for details).