>
> 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

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