Obey MISSINGOK flag for dependencies. Backport from rpm-4.4.7. Index: lib/depends.c =================================================================== --- lib/depends.c.orig 2008-04-01 08:28:22.000000000 +0100 +++ lib/depends.c 2008-09-04 14:09:58.000000000 +0100 @@ -593,8 +593,13 @@ /*@=boundsread@*/ unsatisfied: - rc = 1; /* dependency is unsatisfied */ - rpmdsNotify(dep, NULL, rc); + if (rpmdsFlags(dep) & RPMSENSE_MISSINGOK) { + rc = 0; /* dependency is unsatisfied, but just a hint. */ + rpmdsNotify(dep, _("(hint skipped)"), rc); + } else { + rc = 1; /* dependency is unsatisfied */ + rpmdsNotify(dep, NULL, rc); + } exit: /* @@ -963,6 +968,8 @@ return "Requires(postun):"; if (f & RPMSENSE_SCRIPT_VERIFY) return "Requires(verify):"; + if (f & RPMSENSE_MISSINGOK) + return "Requires(hint):"; if (f & RPMSENSE_FIND_REQUIRES) return "Requires(auto):"; return "Requires:"; Index: lib/rpmlib.h =================================================================== --- lib/rpmlib.h.orig 2008-09-03 22:22:43.000000000 +0100 +++ lib/rpmlib.h 2008-09-04 15:17:17.000000000 +0100 @@ -562,6 +562,8 @@ RPMSENSE_SCRIPT_POSTUN | \ RPMSENSE_SCRIPT_VERIFY | \ RPMSENSE_FIND_REQUIRES | \ + RPMSENSE_MISSINGOK | \ + RPMSENSE_STRONG | \ RPMSENSE_SCRIPT_PREP | \ RPMSENSE_SCRIPT_BUILD | \ RPMSENSE_SCRIPT_INSTALL | \