----- Original Message -----
From: "Guillaume Cottenceau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] GET READY FOR A DISCUSSION - Address dependency issue better
> "Hoyt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Nothing is more annoying than to try and intall an rpm and have it fail
> > because of a dependency issue, only to 1)have =that= rpm fial because of
> > another dependency issue, or 2) have the dependency be some library
> > buried in an rpm that isn't easily discernable. The program ezrpm
> > address some of these issues, some other approaches to package
> > management seem to be able to address these issues.
>
> I can see the 2nd point, but can you make the 1st point a little bit more
> clear to me ? thanks a lot :-).
>
Install of rpm "foo" fails because it depends on rpm "bar". Install of rpm "bar" fails
because of libs****.so.o which is included in jhgy-1.0.rpm.
Yes, a knowlegable person can find their way and a HOWTO may help the rest, but it
shouldn't have to be that way.
Hoyt
