[SOLVED] RPM does not work with MetaPackages

[fraterlinux]

If I run the command rpm:

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# rpm -i calligra-2.4.1-1.mga2.x86_64.rpm
#

Installs without asking dependency property.

If I run the command urpmi:

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# Urpmi calligra-2.4.1-1.mga2.x86_64.rpm
To satisfy dependencies, the following programs will be installed:
  Package Version Release Arch
(Media "Core Release (distrib1)")
  1.mga2 braindump 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  calligra 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64
  calligra 1.mga2 x86_64 2.4.1-sheets (suggested)
  calligra 1.mga2 x86_64 2.4.1-stage (suggested)
  calligra 1.mga2 x86_64 2.4.1-words (suggested)
  flow 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  Karbon 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  KChart 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  kexi 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  KFormula 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  1.mga2 krita 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64QtShiva0.1 1.mga2 0.9.2 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64braindumpcore9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64calligrastageprivate9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64chartshapelib9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64flowprivate9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64freetds0 2.mga2 0.91 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64gsl0 1.mga2 1.15 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64gtlcore0 1.mga2 0.9.16 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64gtlfragment0 1.mga2 0.9.16 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64kexicore9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64kexidatatable9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64kexidataviewcommon9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64kexidb9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64kexiextendedwidgets9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64kexiformutils9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64kexiguiutils9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64keximain9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64keximigrate9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64kexirelationsview9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64kexiutils9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64kformdesigner9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64kformulalib9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64kokross9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64kowv2_9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64kplatokernel9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64kplatomodels9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64kplatoui9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64kplatoworkfactory9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64kritaimage9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64kritalibbrush9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64kritalibpaintop9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64kritaui9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64msooxml9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64openctl0 1.mga2 0.9.16 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64openshiva0 1.mga2 0.9.16 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64planprivate9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64planworkapp9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64rcps_plan9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64rtfreader9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64unixODBC2 1.mga2 2.3.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64wordnet3.0 13.mga2 3.0 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64wordsexportfilters9 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  lib64xbase1 4.mga1 3.1.2 x86_64 (suggested)
  2.4.1 x86_64 1.mga2 plan (suggested)
  stateshape 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  webshape 1.mga2 2.4.1 x86_64 (suggested)
  13.mga2 wordnet 3.0 x86_64 (suggested)
181MB of additional disk space will be used.
52MB of packages will be downloaded.
Proceed to install 58 packages? (S / N)

Why RPM does not recognize the correct dependencies of calligra-2.4.1-1.mga2.x86_64.rpm ???

[wobo]

Why RPM does not recognize the correct dependencies of calligra-2.4.1-1.mga2.x86_64.rpm ???

Because the rpm command does not care for dependencies, that's the main advantage of the urpm* suite.

[fraterlinux]

See the example below, rpm says dependency missing.

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# rpm -i cups-pdf-2.6.1-1.mga2.x86_64.rpm
Error: Unmet dependencies:
         cups is needed by cups-pdf-2.6.1-1.mga2.x86_64

My question is why MetaPackages do not respect default standard rpm dependency and it is made solely for urpmi.

[wobo]

Ah, sorry. I did not know that the calligra package is such a meta package. BTW: are you talking about dependencies or suggests?

[fraterlinux]

What is the technical term? SuggestPackages?

[doktor5000]

Actually both of you are a bit off. Suggests and Requires are both forms of dependencies, but both are just arbitrary tags.
For rpm it's OK if suggests are missing, that is the technical implementation. That why some packagers don't like Suggests.
But it works as designed, so marking as [SOLVED].