Oliver> if there is now the dummy package which requires echistory, and the user has Oliver> xemacs-base *not* installed (only and example!), rpm would say: Oliver> dummy: could not be installed. Oliver> package requires echistory Oliver> Now the first thing a user looks for is a package named Oliver> echistory-x.x-x.noarch.rpm, but he will find non, cause echistory is provided Oliver> by xemacs-base-x.x-x.noarch.rpm. (load-library "package-get-base") (load-library "package-get") (package-get-package-provider 'echistory) ;;; evaluating the above (C-x C-e (eval-last-sexp)) ;;; leads (xemacs-base "1.20") HTH, Adrian Oliver> I want to solve this by only (or perhaps in addition) provide and require only Oliver> *package names*. -- Adrian Aichner Applications Engineer Teradyne GmbH Semiconductor Test Group Telephone +49/89/41861(0)-208 Dingolfinger Strasse 2 Fax +49/89/41861-217 D-81673 MUENCHEN E-mail aichner(a)ecf.teradyne.com