Alternatively, you can exclude this requirement from the generated Requires list by adding this to the spec file %global __requires_exclude %{?__requires_exclude:%__requires_exclude|}^libunwind$ Andthen add a weak dependency so that the package is installed only if it is available. From the page (Weak dependencies) https://rpm-software-management.github.io/rpm/manual/dependencies.html Recommends: libunwind -- Evan ________________________________ From: Hofi <hofione@gmail.com> Sent: November 25, 2025 6:16 AM To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu> Subject: [syslog-ng]Re: Version 4.10.2 of syslog-ng is now available You don't often get email from hofione@gmail.com. Learn why this is important<https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng/pull/5569 turned off stack dump usage temporarily in the package generation. You can test it using the output of the Nightly release, e.g. https://ose-repo.syslog-ng.com/yum/nightly/rhel-8/x86_64/ ----------------------------------- Hofi - Istvan Hoffmann https://memyselfandi.hu https://mantisliagames.com On Nov 25, 2025 at 00:00 +0100, Evan Rempel <erempel@uvic.ca>, wrote: Just wondering if there has been any resolution or recommendation on the dependency of libunwind in the base syslog-ng package? -- Evan ________________________________ From: Hofi <hofione@gmail.com> Sent: October 29, 2025 8:21 AM To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu> Subject: [syslog-ng]Re: Version 4.10.2 of syslog-ng is now available Sorry for the inconvenience! We will discuss this and let you know the result next week. Thanks for reporting the problem. ----------------------------------- Hofi - Istvan Hoffmann On Oct 29, 2025 at 16:16 +0100, Evan Rempel <erempel@uvic.ca>, wrote: That's good information. Referring to the current RPM from /ose-repo.syslog-ng.com/yum/ I am no longer able to install the base syslog-ng package on a vanilla RHEL8/9 system. This base package now has a dependency on libunwind that has never been there before. That's why I think this is an oversight in the build of this latest RPM. I understand that many of the additional RPMs for syslog-ng require the EPEL repository. Until now this was not a requirement of the base syslog-ng package. -- Evan ________________________________ From: Hofi <hofione@gmail.com> Sent: October 29, 2025 8:02 AM To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu> Subject: [syslog-ng]Re: Version 4.10.2 of syslog-ng is now available Libunwind is used to provide better crash reporting (and is also very helpful in debug builds). It can be disabled using the `--disable-stackdump` or `-DENABLE_STACKDUMP=OFF` configure option. The default state of this option is now `AUTO`, which checks for the presence of the libunwind library and automatically enables the stackdump feature if it is available. ----------------------------------- Hofi - Istvan Hoffmann ______________________________________________________________________________ Member info: %(web_page_url)slistinfo/%(_internal_name)s Documentation: http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/?product=syslog-ng FAQ: http://www.balabit.com/wiki/syslog-ng-faq