[mouse@mouse]$ mjpegtools-config --libs -lmjpegutils [mouse@mouse]$ rpm -ql mjpegtools-devel|grep mjpegutils|wc -l 0 only mjpegtools-devel-libs have mjpegutils static lib: ls mjpegtools-* | xargs rpm -qlp | grep mjpegutils /usr/lib/libmjpegutils.a version is 1.6.1.90-alt1
1) package mjpegtools-devel-libs doesn't exist (see your bug description) 2) only static version of libmjpegutils exists. 3) not a bug, see XFree86-static-libs for example.
You must add requires for mjpegtools-static-libs or add mjpegutils shared lib to mjpegtools-devel if it possible.
$ rpm -qp --lastchange mjpegtools-1.6.1.90-alt2.src.rpm * Пнд Сен 22 2003 Yuri N. Sedunov <aris@altlinux.ru> 1.6.1.90-alt2 - mjpegtools-devel requires mjpegtools-static-libs (fix #3024).