Add version macros for systemd/rpm-helper to ease distro upgrades

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cb8f204..5854e64 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- add version macros for systemd/rpm-helper to ease distro upgrades
+
 Version 1.168 - 17 March 2013, by Luc Menut
 - fix find-lang.pl : do not own man lang directories with --with-man
   (patch from Thierry Vignaud, mga #3697, #9055)
diff --git a/build.macros.in b/build.macros.in
index 3b9914e..1488f3f 100644
--- a/build.macros.in
+++ b/build.macros.in
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ popd
 	%{!-C:--fix-permissions}
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Systemd macros
+# Systemd and general service related macros
 #
 
 %_unitdir /usr/lib/systemd/system
@@ -507,6 +507,13 @@ popd
 %_tmpfilescreate() /usr/bin/systemd-tmpfiles --create %{1}.conf \
 %{nil}
 
+# Minimum versions for various packaging helpers.
+# These is defined here to easy upgrading from previous distros when the various
+# service helpers change and thus those pacakges need to be installed first to
+# ensure a smooth upgrade
+%rpmhelper_required_version 0.24.11
+%systemd_required_version 195
+
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Redefine RPM sections to allow jumping over them using "--without <section>".
 # This an interesting alternative to --short-circuit.