How can I make an RPM depend on package a OR package b?

Question

This seems like a simple question, but the docs don\'t seem to have anything to say on the subject. I would like to do something like Requires: vim or emacs bu

Answer 1

If packages don't have common Provide, and you don't want to rebuild and maintain forks of that packages, but they both do provide same file, you can depend on a file. For example:

Requires: /usr/bin/pear

That way your package won't matter if pear binary is provided by php-pear or php53-pear.