> > Maybe this mail should also go to the cooker list... ;-) > yep! > > > can you see if /usr/X11R6/lib/libXau.a is installed on > kenobi? I'd like > > > to know which package it belongs to > > > sure is! you'd need Xfree it seems. > > > [snailtalk@kenobi lib]$ rpm -qf libXau.a > > XFree86-static-libs-4.0.1-3mdk > > [snailtalk@kenobi lib]$ > Great!! > > Now this is another example of a package split. I'm wondering how I'm > supposed to find out where some file went to. This file used to be in > XFree86-devel back in the 3.3.6 days. Ways I can find out where a file > went to: > i sometimes go to rpmfind to work things out, but this mmethod does not work all the time, so, it is not a solution. > 1) mirror all the rpm's (I only do the src.rpm's). do a "for i in * ; do > echo $i >> out ; rpm -qipl $i | grep filename >> out ; done" and then > search through out to find the file & packagename. > > 2) ask a person who has access to Kenobi to look it up. > > Maybe a simple "ask Kenobi" webpage can be made: enter the filename, and > it tells you which packacge contains the file. > > OK. that's one. Now number 2. Installing XFree86-static-libs is funny > too: > > urpmi XFree86-static-libs > To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be > installed (19 MB): > ld.so-1.9.11-1mdk > XFree86-libs-4.0.1-5mdk > XFree86-devel-4.0.1-5mdk > XFree86-static-libs-4.0.1-5mdk > xpm-3.4k-8mdk > Is it ok? (Y/n) > > I'll go for no. > > In manual now: > > rpm -Uvh ld.so-1.9.11-1mdk.i586.rpm > error: failed dependencies: > /lib/ld-linux.so.1 is needed by libc-5.3.12-33mdk > > Hmmm... where has ld-linux.so.1 gone? Do we need it? > well, i used to be in hte ldconfig package which has been obsoleted by ld.so now . libc are the old compat libs ...you probably don't need that :) -- Geoff
